Category : The Word – Media

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...

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,...

Chester Bomar Himes (July 29, 1909 – November 12, 1984) was an American writer. His works include If He Hollers Let Him Go and the...

A Literary Legacy Rooted in Louisiana Ernest J. Gaines, born in 1933 on the River Lake Plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, emerged as one...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...