Category : The Word – Media

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Anita Richmond Bunkley

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Anita Richmond Bunkley self-published her first novel after 32 rejections and being told that “blacks did not read many books.” Now, “sixteen years and five...
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Edwidge Danticat

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Edwidge Danticat was born in Haiti and moved to the United States when she was twelve. She is the author of several books, including Breath,...
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Ernest J. Gaines

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Ernest J. Gaines was born in 1933 on the River Lake plantation in Pointe Coupe Parish, Louisiana, the setting for most of his fiction; he...
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Connie Briscoe

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Connie Briscoe: My real name is Constance, but everyone has always called me “Connie.” I was blessed with a wonderful upbringing. Although my immediate family...
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Albert French

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Albert French’s writing talent appeared unexpectedly. As he fought depression following the horror of his Vietnam combat experiences and the failure of his magazine, the...
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Omar Tyree

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Omar Tyree is an author, publisher, lecturer, and performance poet who completed his undergraduate studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C., with honors in print...
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Gloria Naylor

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Gloria Naylor (1950-2016) was an American author known for her insightful and powerful works of fiction. She was born on January 25, 1950, in New...
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Sheneska Jackson

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Sheneska Jackson was born in 1970, in California, United States. Jackson and her brother Marcell grew up in a single-parent household headed by their mother,...