May 2, 2022 | Books, Literature
A book fair with a mission to diversify libraries came to the Boys and Girls Club in Madison this Saturday. The Black Child Book Fair was created by Darryl Harvey in 2019 to promote early literacy in Black communities. “Only 10% of mainstream children’s...
Apr 4, 2022 | History, Literature
The Indianapolis Public Library engraved the names of 10 celebrated Black authors at the Center for Black Literature & Culture at Central Library. It is the first phase of a project meant to recognize the literary contributions of authors and writers of color....
Jan 24, 2022 | Books, Literature
In 1980 Toni Morrison sat down to write her one and only short story, “Recitatif.” The fact that there is only one Morrison short story seems of a piece with her œuvre. There are no dashed-off Morrison pieces, no filler novels, no treading water, no exit off the main...
Jan 17, 2022 | Leadership, Literature, Theatre
Theater great Paul Carter Harrison died Dec. 27 at an Atlanta-area retirement home, his daughter, Fonteyn Harrison, confirmed to The New York Times. According to the Times, Harrison’s books, essays and award-winning plays “provided a theoretical structure for the...
Jan 10, 2022 | Literature
Poet and author Kwame Alexander was feeling the weight of being Black in America last summer and didn’t know how to make sense of his feelings. So, he made sense of them through his book of poetry, Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words On Race And Hope....
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