African American Fiction

Fiction

One Girl Becomes the Catalyst for Civil Rights in Her New Jersey Suburb

The way we experience our lives and what becomes our collective history is impacted in no small part by our position within society. Against the Grain (Woodhall Press) explores a tumultuous time in U.S. history from a variety of viewpoints to show how the same sequence of events can impact…

Paige VigliaroloNovember 9, 2022

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An Author’s Determination to Discuss the Racial Prejudice in 1960’s Suburban America

Racism and desegregation. Catholicism and Vatican II. The Civil Rights movement. The limited lives of women. My high school’s tracking curricula. Sex and boys. You can’t say Anne Dimock dodges the issues in her debut novel Against the Grain. If anything, she addresses them head-on. “These were honestly issues that…

BookTribNovember 28, 2022

Fiction

Prolific and Popular Author Eric Jerome Dickey Passes Away at 59

Bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey died this past weekend after a long battle with cancer. He was only 59 years old. He'd written 28 novels and a 29th, The Son of Mr. Suleman, is scheduled to arrive in bookstores on April 20th. Dickey's contemporary works were fueled by a distinct…

Judy MorenoJanuary 7, 2021

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Mateo Askaripour’s “Black Buck” Cleverly Analyzes Race, Ambition, and Truth

Grab a cup of coffee and settle in with this one! Peppered with humor and chock full of guidance on how to excel in sales and life, author Mateo Askaripour exposes what goes on in the workplace with Black Buck (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). He aims for his black and brown…

Jennifer BlankfeinFebruary 4, 2021

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Identity Is Complicated in “The Vanishing Half”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/the-vanishing-half-brit-bennett.jpg In an outstanding second novel that's now a Good Morning America Book Club pick, author Brit Bennett tackles the topic of identity, showing that who we are on the outside is only one part of us. The Vanishing Half is the story of African American identical twins in the 1950s…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 10, 2020

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Does an Author Need More Than Approval of Her Own Conscience?

EDITOR’S NOTE: What follows is an article written by author Anne Dimock, whose debut novel Against the Grain tells a story about desegregation in the 1960s through six perspectives: two of them Black and four of them white. In the article, she explores the question: Is it ok for a white author…

Anne DimockNovember 2, 2022

Author Spotlight Fiction

Author Q&A: “Saving Ruby King” Will Take Loyal Friendship and Facing the Truth

"A stunning force of a novel honey-dipped prose, strikingly human characters, and a satisfying, soul-stirring conclusion that will stay with me for a long, long time." – Zakiya Harris, author of The Other Black Girl "West breathes life into violence and mayhem like a poet on a new day. These…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 22, 2020

Fiction Listicles Romance

7 Recent and Upcoming Romances by Black Authors You Should Check Out

About an hour after I was asked to put together a list of Black romance authors with recent and upcoming releases, I had about 20 names on the list. It took a couple of days to narrow them down. Ultimately, I chose the following selections because I have personal respect…

Y. M. NelsonFebruary 12, 2021

Miscellany - Featured

Does an Author Need More Than Approval of Her Own Conscience?

EDITOR’S NOTE: What follows is an article written by author Anne Dimock, whose debut novel Against the Grain tells a story about desegregation in the 1960s through six perspectives: two of them Black and four of them white. In the article, she explores the question: Is it ok for a white author…

Anne DimockNovember 2, 2022

African American Fiction

An Author’s Determination to Discuss the Racial Prejudice in 1960’s Suburban America

Prolific and Popular Author Eric Jerome Dickey Passes Away at 59

Mateo Askaripour’s “Black Buck” Cleverly Analyzes Race, Ambition, and Truth

Identity Is Complicated in “The Vanishing Half”

Does an Author Need More Than Approval of Her Own Conscience?

Author Q&A: “Saving Ruby King” Will Take Loyal Friendship and Facing the Truth

7 Recent and Upcoming Romances by Black Authors You Should Check Out

Does an Author Need More Than Approval of Her Own Conscience?

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