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September 9, 2023
Poet Rita Dove has a simple goal to receiving a National Book Award for lifetime achievement: “I want it to be a milestone,…
February 18, 2023
Two leading young adult authors have a seven-figure deal to write a pair of novels centered on Black, queer characters.
September 19, 2022
At the U.N., the 23-year-old poet recited “An Ode We Owe” in hopes of bringing all nations together to tackle…
January 8, 2022
Recitatif, written by Toni Morrison in the early 1980s, follows the lives of two women from childhood to their contrasting…
October 4, 2020
The National Book Foundation has announced renowned author Walter Mosley will be the recipient of its 2020 lifetime achievement award.
March 28, 2018
Young adult novel author Jacqueline Woodson has won the coveted Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award prize of $600,000 and will accepted…
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February 26, 2018
Walter Mosley introduced Detective Easy Rawlins to the world almost 30 years ago, and now Mosley is debuting his latest…
April 21, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - This week, Toni Morrison will release her latest novel, God Help The Child. Morrison is opening up…
July 2, 2014
(AP) — Walter Dean Myers, a best-selling and prolific children's author and tireless champion of literacy and education, has died.…
September 20, 2013
OPINION - As the release date for the highly anticipated film, '12 Years a Slave', based on Solomon Northup’s bestselling…
May 10, 2013
OPINION - Fitgerald, in the way that great innovators of communication and story-telling do, included timeless themes that are still…
March 7, 2013
With so much talk about the weird weather, rumors of war, and the new pope, we thought it might be…
February 28, 2013
POST SCRIPT'D - From Booker T. Washington’s journey from slavery to national leader, to Ralph Ellison’s exploration of black consciousness…
February 18, 2013
While we celebrate those known folks during the month of February—the seemingly usual suspects—we must never forget those not-so-famous people…
January 7, 2013
POSTSCRIPT'D - All over the Internet and the blogosphere, writers of color lament the difficulty in getting a deal from…
November 9, 2012
POST SCRIPT'D - This week's list provides an opportunity to laugh with Paul Mooney or seriously examine race with Richard…
October 4, 2012
POSTSCRTIPT'D - Imagine being in a coma and hearing every word your family is saying...
February 7, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - In Charles Dickens' London, there was a diverse population of all backgrounds: a large Irish population, a…
January 18, 2012
theGRIO REPORT - Currently playing in Baltimore at CENTERSTAGE, a nationally respected artistic venue, 'Gleam' tells the epic story of…
November 18, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - While most kids her age are playing with toys, 7-year old LaNiyah Bailey is writing books about…