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