The Color Purple

Early Bird Books: In Conversation with Alice Walker

The author of "The Color Purple" reads three of her poems and answers reader questions about her work, life, and views on society. On February 9, 1944, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker was born in Georgia. Walker lived under Jim Crow laws that were present during that time in the…

Early Bird BooksFebruary 13, 2018

Nonfiction

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 AuthorSeptember 2, 2015

BooksToScreen Fiction

Early Bird Books: 8 Notable Books That Inspired Memorable Movies

Books and movies have a relationship that’s as old as Hollywood itself. Together, writers and filmmakers have given us everything from great adaptations to huge disappointments, and some truly weird interpretations in between. But that comes with the territory of turning our favorite words into live action pieces of cinema.…

Early Bird BooksNovember 7, 2017

Fiction Listicles

Early Bird Books: 10 of Our Favorite First Lines in Literature

From Melville to Didion, these first sentences created lasting and notable impressions. Some of literature's most iconic lines come to us within the first paragraphs of our favorite novels. They are the hooks onto which we latch, and the springboards that launch us further into the narrative. There's a reason…

Early Bird BooksJanuary 2, 2018

Early Bird Books: In Conversation with Alice Walker

Five Hidden Pearls of African-American Literature

Early Bird Books: 8 Notable Books That Inspired Memorable Movies

Early Bird Books: 10 of Our Favorite First Lines in Literature

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