Black Writers

showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll
February 23, 2023

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

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April 26, 2022

Sonia Sanchez wins $80,000 Jackson poetry prize

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March 29, 2022

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

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Gilded Age Denee Benton theGrio.com
March 22, 2022

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

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February 27, 2022

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

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Quincy Troupe thegrio.com
February 10, 2022

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

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February 2, 2022

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
March 26, 2021

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

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Eric Jerome Dickey thegrio.com
January 5, 2021

Celebrated author Eric Jerome Dickey dies at 59

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Stanley Crouch jazz writers thegrio.com
September 16, 2020

Jazz critic Stanley Crouch dead at 74

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Ernest Gaines
November 6, 2019

Acclaimed novelist Ernest Gaines dies at 86

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theGrio featured stories
January 24, 2017

In Trump era, black writers must put pen to power

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theGrio featured stories
May 25, 2015

Honoring black writers: 25 books for your summer reading

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theGrio featured stories
September 16, 2013

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

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theGrio featured stories
June 29, 2013

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

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theGrio featured stories
June 21, 2013

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

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theGrio featured stories
April 5, 2013

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

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theGrio featured stories
February 18, 2013

Remembering author Bebe Moore Campbell on her 63rd birthday

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theGrio featured stories
January 15, 2013

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

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