For elementary school teacher, Monique Duncan, writing a book illustrating the remarkable ways enslaved Africans used hair styles to guide their way to freedom, was a dream come true.

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward In the summer of 1987, Diamond Newberry is the only Black person in the small town of Swift River since her father vanished seven years ago. Her mother wants to ...

Black authors around the world are taking literary genres to new heights, and many of them started right here in the Bay. State of play: Axios asked the team at the San Francisco Public Library's ...

Years later, The Black Lives Matter movement inspired Lee to write the children's book she wanted so badly growing up. She recruited her best friend Megan Barr to hand paint the illustrations, and ...

Growing up as a Black girl in the suburbs, I always struggled to identify elements of myself in modern-day media. Whether it ...

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INDIANAPOLIS — Books can teach many lessons and this Black History Month, one author hopes to encourage young black girls to celebrate their individuality and embrace their creativity. Maria Boyd ...

If you're looking for some 2025 reading inspiration, why not explore the impressive roster of debut female authors in fiction? There are fresh and exciting new voices, like Catherine Airey, whose ...

If you're looking for some 2025 reading inspiration, why not explore the impressive roster of debut female authors in fiction? There are fresh and exciting new voices, like Catherine Airey ...

Tuscaloosa is home to a number of talented Black authors, and WVUA 23 Digital is highlighting some ... "I am interested, as an African American woman, in how Black women are presented in literature," ...