Glory Edim is an American writer and entrepreneur. She is best known as the founder of the reading network Well-Read Black Girl. Edim received the 2017 Innovator's Award at the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for her work.
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Glory Edim is an American writer and entrepreneur. She is best known as the founder of the readin...
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Such a Fun Age is a 2019 novel by Kiley Reid. It is her debut novel and was published by G. P. Putnam's Sons on December 31, 2019.
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Such a Fun Age is a 2019 novel by Kiley Reid. It is her debut novel and was published by G. P. Pu...
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Jacqueline Woodson is an American writer of books for children and adolescents. She is best known for Miracle's Boys, and her Newbery Honor-winning titles Brown Girl Dreaming, After Tupac and D Foster, Feathers, and Show Way.
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Jacqueline Woodson is an American writer of books for children and adolescents. She is best known...
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Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016. Each chapter in the novel follows a different descendant of an Asante woman named Maame, starting with her two daughters, who are half sisters, separated by circumstance: Effia marries James Collins, the British governor in charge of Cape Coast Castle, while her half-sister Esi is held captive in the dungeons below.
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Homegoing is the debut historical fiction novel by Yaa Gyasi, published in 2016. Each chapter in ...
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Helen Olajumoke Oyeyemi is a British novelist and writer of short stories. Since 2014 her home has been in Prague.
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Helen Olajumoke Oyeyemi is a British novelist and writer of short stories. Since 2014 her home ha...
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Loving Day is a 2015 novel by Mat Johnson, published by Spiegel & Grau on May 26, 2015.
Johnson described the book as "my coming out as a mulatto" and Baz Dreisinger of The New York Times described Loving Day as "a semi-autobiographical" "extended literary metaphor about race and mixed-race in America."
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Loving Day is a 2015 novel by Mat Johnson, published by Spiegel & Grau on May 26, 2015.
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Behold the Dreamers is the 2016 debut novel by Imbolo Mbue. The novel details the experiences of two New York City families during the 2008 financial crisis: an immigrant family from Cameroon, the Jonga family, and their wealthy employers, the Edwards family.
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Behold the Dreamers is the 2016 debut novel by Imbolo Mbue. The novel details the experiences of ...
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Elaine Marie Welteroth is an American journalist, editor and New York Times best-selling author. In April 2016, Welteroth was named editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue, making her the second person of African-American heritage in Condé Nast's 107-year history to hold such a title.
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Elaine Marie Welteroth is an American journalist, editor and New York Times best-selling author. ...
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf (The Dark Star Trilogy)Novel by Marlon James
Black Leopard, Red Wolf is a 2019 fantasy novel by writer Marlon James. It is the first book of a planned trilogy. The novel draws on African history and mythology, blended into the landscape of the North Kingdom and the South Kingdom, and the political tensions between these two warring states, as well as various city-states and tribes in the surrounding landscape.
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Black Leopard, Red Wolf is a 2019 fantasy novel by writer Marlon James. It is the first book of a...
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The Nickel Boys is a 2019 novel by American novelist and writer Colson Whitehead. Based on the real story of a reform school in Florida that operated for 111 years and warped the lives of thousands of children, The Nickel Boys is a devastating, driven narrative.
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The Nickel Boys is a 2019 novel by American novelist and writer Colson Whitehead. Based on the re...
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is an autobiographical comedy book written by the South African comedian Trevor Noah, published in 2016. A film adaptation is being produced by Paramount Players.
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Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood is an autobiographical comedy book written b...
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Emily Bernard is an American writer and the Julian Lindsay Green and Gold Professor of English at the University of Vermont.
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Emily Bernard is an American writer and the Julian Lindsay Green and Gold Professor of English at...
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Teju Cole is a Nigerian-American writer, whose real name is Obayemi Babajide Adetokunbo Onafuwa. He is also a photographer, and art historian.
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Teju Cole is a Nigerian-American writer, whose real name is Obayemi Babajide Adetokunbo Onafuwa. ...
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The Water Dancer is a 2019 novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It is his first novel and was published on September 24, 2019, by One World, an imprint of Random House.
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The Water Dancer is a 2019 novel by Ta-Nehisi Coates. It is his first novel and was published on ...
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Ordinary Light: A Memoir is a 2015 book by poet Tracy K. Smith. It was a finalist for the 2015 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
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Ordinary Light: A Memoir is a 2015 book by poet Tracy K. Smith. It was a finalist for the 2015 Na...
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What We Lose is the debut novel of American author Zinzi Clemmons. It is loosely based on her own experiencies caring for her mother who was dying of cancer.
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What We Lose is the debut novel of American author Zinzi Clemmons. It is loosely based on her own...
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Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which Adichie won the 2013 National Book Critics Circle Fiction award.
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Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which Adichie won...
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James McBride is an American writer and musician. He is the recipient of the 2013 National Book Award for fiction for his novel The Good Lord Bird.
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James McBride is an American writer and musician. He is the recipient of the 2013 National Book A...
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Eric Jerome Dickey is a New York Times best-selling American author best known for his novels about contemporary African-American life.
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Eric Jerome Dickey is a New York Times best-selling American author best known for his novels abo...
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Ghana Must Go is the debut novel of Taiye Selasi. It was published in 2013, and nominated for an NAACP Image Award. The novel follows the Sai family as they come to terms with their father Kweku Sai's death, and as they work through family troubles.
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Ghana Must Go is the debut novel of Taiye Selasi. It was published in 2013, and nominated for an ...
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