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Ta-Nehisi Coates and Hala Alyan Earn Dayton Literary Peace Prize | Colorlines
The prize recognizes works that promote cross-cultural understanding and the concept of peace.
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Why the New Reprint of James Baldwin’s Children’s Book Still Matters | Colorlines
Baldwin’s “Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood” offers a haunting exploration of how Black children learn about racism. Colorlines talked to the late writer’s niece and one of the scholars who shepherded the title back to bookshelves about this unique work.
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Hugo awards: women clean up as NK Jemisin wins best novel again | The Guardian
Jemisin’s third win in as many years signals an end to the influence of the rightwing ‘Puppies’ groups, with female authors winning all major categories at sci-fi awards.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is leaving the Atlantic | The Washington Post
Ta-Nehisi Coates is leaving his position as a national correspondent for the Atlantic, a publication where he has emerged as one of the country’s top reporters and thinkers.
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Kamala Harris Examines ‘The Truths We Hold’ in New Book | Colorlines
The California Senator will detail her upbringing and core beliefs as they relate to her political work.
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My Brother Moochie review: a masterpiece of race, injustice and forgiveness | The Guardian
Issac Bailey’s memoir is a triumph, a painful indictment of American inhumanity woven with threads of grace and love
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Roxane Gay: ‘No one is guaranteed love or affection’ | The Guardian
The author of Bad Feminist and Hunger has strong words for ‘incels’, harassers in publishing and diet gurus
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Black Lives Matter and the Intrepid Lives That Preceded It | The New York Times
“Ours is a neighborhood designed to be transient, not a place where roots are meant to take hold.”
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Ta-Nehisi Coates Takes On Another Superhero | Slate
Those of you who’ve never read a Captain America comic book or seen him in the Marvel movies would be forgiven for thinking of Captain America as an unblinking mascot for American nationalism. In fact, the best thing about the story of Captain America is the implicit irony.
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