Black Literature - KOLUMN Magazine

BOOK REVIEW: ‘Grandma’s Purse’ by Vanessa Brantley-Newton | The Washington Informer

March 13, 2018African American Literature, KOLUMN ...

“You never know what you’ll want to have with you!”

Ava DuVernay’s Fiercely Feminine Vision for ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ | The New York Times

March 12, 2018African American Cinema, African American Entertainment ...

She made the movie she wanted, about a multiracial world and the loss of a beloved parent. “I know it’s $100 million” for Disney, she says. “They’ll be fine.”

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur in development as Disney animated series | SYFY Wire

February 22, 2018African American Film, African American Literature ...

Lunetta Lafayette and Devil Dinosaur are finally making the move to animation.

10 of the best books penned by Black authors in 2017 | Hello Giggles

January 9, 2018January 9, 2018African American Author, African American Literature ...

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.

Last of Philadelphia’s Black-Owned Bookstores Work to Make a Comeback | Good Black News

January 4, 2018January 5, 2018African American Author, African American Education ...

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.

A Black Kid In A Hoodie Brings Tidings Of Comfort And Joy | Huffington Post

December 22, 2017African American Literature, Black Literature ...

‘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.

Attica Locke lives in L.A., but she writes about what she knows — black life in Texas | Los Angeles Times

December 12, 2017African American Literature, African American Lives ...

All of my people, my family on both sides, come from towns along Highway 59. We can trace our roots back to slavery.

Zinzi Clemmons: ‘It’s Time For Women of Color…to Divest From Lena Dunham’ | Jezebel

November 21, 2017November 21, 2017African American Literature, African American Lives ...

Writer Zinzi Clemmons, author of What We Lose, has announced that she will no longer be writing for Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner’s online feminist weekly newsletter Lenny Letter because, she says, of Dunham and her friends’ racism which was “well-known” prior to their fame. “She cannot have our words if she cannot respect us,” she writes.

Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ Being Adapted as Series for Hulu | Atlanta Black Star

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017African American Film, African American Literature ...

The monumental novel, “Invisible Man,” is getting the series treatment on Hulu. Ralph Ellison’s 1952 book is in the early stages of development, according to Variety.

Angela Davis: An Interview on the Futures of Black Radicalism | Verso

October 13, 2017October 14, 2017African American History, African American Literature ...

“The concept associated with Black Marxism that I find most productive and most potentially transformative is the concept of racial capitalism…. Global capitalism cannot be adequately comprehended if the racial dimension of capitalism is ignored.”