Books

Tricia Hersey - We Will Rest - The Art of Escape
January 7, 2025

‘Nap Bishop’ Tricia Hersey wants us to end grind culture in 2025 with her revolutionary book ‘We Will Rest!’

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December 4, 2024

Jay-Z’s ‘The Book of Hov’ immersive New York exhibit lives up to its name and becomes a book

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Goodreads review bombing
December 16, 2023

Author who wrote bad book reviews for authors of color via fake accounts dropped by publisher

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Jennifer Jones children's book
December 13, 2023

Jennifer Jones, the first Black Rockette, writing a children’s book about her life

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June 1, 2023

Memoir of the oldest Tulsa Race Massacre witness released this week

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May 24, 2023

Amanda Gorman’s inspiring poem, ‘The Hill We Climb,’ banned at K-8 school in Miami-Dade as inappropriate

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2022 TIME100 Gala - Red Carpet
March 23, 2023

Questlove launching book publishing company, AUWA

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Black Poetry Day theGrio.com
October 17, 2022

20 Black poets to know this National Black Poetry Day

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October 7, 2022

A children’s book just told me Michael Jordan was drafted in the third round. It’s not true, and that’s a problem

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"The Matrix Resurrections" Red Carpet U.S. Premiere Screening - Red Carpet
October 7, 2022

Jada Pinkett Smith to release new memoir highlighting ‘lessons learned’ and marriage to Will

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Natasha Bowen Black mermaids theGrio.com
October 2, 2022

Natasha Bowen is bringing Black mermaids and West African lore to the best-sellers’ list

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Michelle Obama theGrio.com
September 22, 2022

Michelle Obama announces six-city tour for ‘The Light We Carry’

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September 19, 2022

Children’s books taking on death, mental illness using images of diverse kids

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September 19, 2022

Q&A: Amanda Gorman talks UN poem, future presidency, novel

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September 13, 2022

Oprah Winfrey selects prison memoir ‘That Bird Has My Wings’ as book club pick

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J. Dillard children's books theGrio.com
September 11, 2022

J. Dillard’s children’s books represent a new era in the book industry

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August 15, 2022

The genius of Salman Rushdie

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August 2, 2022

‘The Souls of White Jokes’ aims to show how racist humor feeds white supremacy, author says  

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COP26 Adaptation, Loss and Damage - Day Nine
July 27, 2022

Beyoncé, Burna Boy, Kendrick Lamar make Barack Obama’s summer playlist

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July 21, 2022

Henry Louis Gates, Oxford working to publish African American dictionary  

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