Category : The Word – Media

A. J. Verdelle burst upon the literary scene in 1995 with The Good Negress, a coming-of-age story that became one of the most acclaimed novels...

Ann Lane Petry (1908-1997) is a novelist, short story writer, writer of books for young people and one of America’s most distinguished authors. Ann began...

Valerie Wilson Wesley is an author of mysteries, she is the author of the Tamara Hayle mystery series, adult-themed novels, and children’s books. She has...

Born in 1954, in Philadelphia, PA: daughter of Paul (a state senator) and Bessie McKinney. Education: University of Pennsylvania, 1975, B.A, (English); married Gregory Whetstone,...

Bell Hooks, born Gloria Jean Watkins, is a renowned author, feminist, and social activist. She is known for her groundbreaking work on intersectionality, feminism, race,...

Chinua Achebe, in full Albert Chinualumogu Achebe, (born November 16, 1930, Ogidi, Nigeria—died March 21, 2013, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.), Nigerian novelist acclaimed for his unsentimental...

Tina McElroy Ansa is a novelist, publisher, filmmaker, teacher, and journalist. But above all, she is a storyteller. She calls herself “part of a long...

Rosalyn McMillan is the sister of Terry McMillan, a best-selling writer whose success has led publishing houses to actively recruit new black women writers. Terry...

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...