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Five Hidden Pearls of African-American Literature

As an African-American writer, I have long been a student of black writers from many different genres who have influenced, inspired, challenged, enlightened, and entertained me. We’ve all heard of the obvious ones: the speeches of Frederick Douglass, the poetry of Langston Hughes and Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man,…
BookTrib Guest Author
September 2, 2015
Fiction

Whitehead’s Latest Captures Jim Crow-Era Florida

Following Colson Whitehead's critically acclaimed 2016 novel The Underground Railroad, expectations were set very high for the author's next work. Fortunately, Whitehead delivers in his searing new novel, The Nickel Boys (Doubleday). Set during the advent of the Civil Rights movement, The Nickel Boys centers on Elwood Curtis, an up-and-coming African…
Jessica McEntee
July 15, 2019