It feels wondrous to see a Black American woman at the helm of both literary and mainstream fiction in America (Roxane Gay), and we are all happy for Jacqueline Woodsons' National Book Award win. However, I wondered where were big, majestic books by my Black American sisters at front of the bookstore and many more smaller books Black American women really had to talk about?
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Stories of Dynamic Women In Print and On Screen (Part Two)
Chances are, Hollywood producers will find a way to turn young Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai's triumphant story I Am Malala into a movie sooner than we all learn to pronounce her last name. In the meantime, here are five more women’s true-to-life tales you can read on the page and then watch onscreen...
Stories of Dynamic Women In Print and On Screen (Part One)
Chances are, Hollywood producers will find a way to turn young Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai's triumphant story I Am Malala into a movie sooner than we all learn to pronounce her last name. In the meantime, here are five women’s true-to-life tales you can read on the page and then see onscreen: 1. The Diary of Anne Frank … Continue reading Stories of Dynamic Women In Print and On Screen (Part One)
Harsh History: A Gem of Our Libraries
The Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, housed in Chicago’s Carter G. Woodson Library, is an invaluable display of the flowering of Black history and culture within a Northern, urban environment galvanized by the energy of hundreds of thousands of post-war Black migrants from the South.
*On The Color Purple and Beloved film adaptations…
I remember when The Color Purple movie came out in 1986. To have a beautiful and serious movie, that was not about Blacks killing each other or acting stupid but truly featured the story and amazing acting, was a big event. Oprah Winfrey was already a sort of star, and the other actors were people we knew as well. … Continue reading *On The Color Purple and Beloved film adaptations…
10 Black Women’s Book-to-Film Adaptations*
Maya Angelou, Alice Walker and Gloria Naylor were early trailblazers for cinematic adaptations of Negress stories. Adaptations of their autobiography, novel and stories catapulted their work and names to national prominence their Harlem Renaissance and Black Power Movement predecessors were unable to enjoy in their lifetimes.
On My Old, Scared Writer Self…
Of course I knew writers existed, and I knew many were Black and people of color. But, according to what I had been programmed to believe in school, Black writers were all passed away or they were senior enough to be my great-grandparents.
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