By Daria Tunca, Université de Liège Award-winning Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new novel Dream Count has landed. It’s been…
Tag: Black Authors
Nikki Giovanni, acclaimed poet and author, dies at 81
Nikki Giovanni, the poet, author, and teacher who became a celebrated literary talent amid the Black Art Movement in the…
20 years after the publication of ‘Purple Hibiscus,’ a generation of African writers have followed in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s footsteps
By Simon Lewis, College of Charleston Twenty years ago, in October 2003, 26-year-old Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto…
Florida school restricts access to Amanda Gorman poem after parent complains
Officials at an elementary school in Florida have restricted access to “The Hill We Climb,” a poem shared by Amanda…
Lorraine Hansberry’s family says Chicago’s racist policies seized their land. Now they’re seeking reparations.
This story was originally published by The 19th Nearly 65 years after the Broadway playwright’s property lawsuit against the city,…
Toni Morrison is the face of the new Forever stamp from the U.S. Postal Service
This story was originally published by The 19th The stamp was unveiled at Princeton University, where Morrison taught for nearly…
