Black Writers

showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll

Nkechi Okoro Carroll blazes a trail for other Black women in television

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Sonia Sanchez wins $80,000 Jackson poetry prize

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‘For Colored Girls’ cast, director, on the historic Broadway revival

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Gilded Age Denee Benton theGrio.com

What’s the real story behind The Gilded Age’s Black heroine?

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Missouri school board drops ban on Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’

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Quincy Troupe thegrio.com

With a new poetry collection and still thriving career, Quincy Troupe’s literary legacy is writ large

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13 Books about the Black experience to share with your child this Black History Month

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BET Red Carpet and Launch Party

‘Girls Trip’ writer Tracy Oliver signs overall deal with Apple

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Eric Jerome Dickey thegrio.com

Celebrated author Eric Jerome Dickey dies at 59

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Stanley Crouch jazz writers thegrio.com

Jazz critic Stanley Crouch dead at 74

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Ernest Gaines

Acclaimed novelist Ernest Gaines dies at 86

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In Trump era, black writers must put pen to power

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Honoring black writers: 25 books for your summer reading

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Terry McMillan talks new book, ‘Who Asked You?’

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And still sci-fi’s Octavia E. Butler rises: A graphic adaptation. A literary society. Is a ‘Kindred’ movie next?

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This week’s book list: From ‘World War Z,’ to dieting advice, and more

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This week’s book list: Celebrating Maya Angelou’s birthday, her new book, March Madness and more

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Remembering author Bebe Moore Campbell on her 63rd birthday

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theGrio’s 100: Novelist Dinaw Mengestu brings voices of African immigrants to light

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