The authors on this list, through their work, have given us a well needed mental getaway from a less than pleasant reality, while leaving an indelible mark on our hearts.
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Poet And Activist Keorapetse Kgositsile, Who Celebrated Black Arts, Dead At 79 | Huffington Post
The acclaimed academic was also the father of rapper Earl Sweatshirt.
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Yrsa Daley-Ward’s Powerful, Poetic Distillations | The Atlantic
Revisiting bone, a 2017 collection that showed the possibilities of poetry on the internet
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Last of Philadelphia’s Black-Owned Bookstores Work to Make a Comeback | Good Black News
At Hakim’s Bookstore in West Philadelphia, there are signs of life for what is believed to be the oldest black-owned bookstore in the country.
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Why Dropping the Ball is the New Leaning In | FORTUNE
I’m mindful that while efforts to encourage women to keep their feet on the gas pedal of their professional lives or to better equip and incentivize workplaces to support their female employees are vital—they don’t give guilt-ridden and exhausted women a practical, actionable solution to juggling the competing demands of work and home.
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24 Of The Most Thought-Provoking Pieces Of Writing By People Of Color In 2017 | Huffington Post
Read these before the year is over.
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A Black Kid In A Hoodie Brings Tidings Of Comfort And Joy | Huffington Post
‘The Snowy Day’ is a saving grace that pushed past the hard edges of a world that didn’t always accept the color of my skin.
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New Novel From Zora Neale Hurston To Be Published In 2018
A new book by the legendary Zora Neale Hurston will be out Spring 2018, according to the Harper Collins website
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Attica Locke lives in L.A., but she writes about what she knows — black life in Texas | Los Angeles Times
All of my people, my family on both sides, come from towns along Highway 59. We can trace our roots back to slavery.
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Marc Lamont Hill launches coffee shop, bookstore in Philly | The Philadelphia Tribune
Marc Lamont Hill, a noted author, social commentator and professor, has made a foray into entrepreneurship by opening a new coffee shop and bookstore in Philadelphia.
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