Category : The Word – Media

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Lolita Files

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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...
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Maryse Condé

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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...
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Beverly Jenkins

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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...
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Sonia Sanchez

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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...
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Amiri Baraka

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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...
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John Edgar Wideman

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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,...
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August Wilson

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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...
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Tananarive Due

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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...