Category : The Word – Media

Charles Richard Johnson is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and cartoonist. Johnson, whose balance of philosophy and folklore has been praised since the publication...

Of the bevy of African-American novelists that rose to popularity in the late 1990s, perhaps none seemed as natural a storyteller as Lolita Files. Her...

Maryse Condé was born as Maryse Boucolon at Pointe-á-Pitre, Guadeloupe, on February 11, 1937.  In 1953, her parents sent her to study at Lycée Fénelon...

Pioneering Romance Novelist and Historian Beverly Jenkins, born on February 15, 1951, in Detroit, Michigan, is a renowned novelist celebrated for her captivating romance novels...

Sonia Sanchez is an influential figure in the world of literature and activism. Born Wilsonia Benita Driver on September 9, 1934, in Birmingham, Alabama, she...

Amiri Baraka, born Everett LeRoi Jones, was a prominent African-American writer, poet, and playwright. His work was known for its powerful and unapologetic exploration of...

John Edgar Wideman was born in Washington, DC., in 1941. Shortly before his first birthday, his family moved to Homewood, an African-American community in Pittsburgh,...

August Wilson, an esteemed American playwright and writer, is best known for his profound and influential series of ten plays called “The Pittsburgh Cycle.” This...

Tananarive Due is an accomplished African-American author, educator, and screenwriter known for her contributions to the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy. She was...