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Reading Jane Eyre While Black

Reading Jane Eyre While Black

The Privilege of Escapism is Not Allowed for Me

By Tyrese L. Coleman | August 28, 2017

Respectability Will Not Save Us

Respectability Will Not Save Us

On the History of Respectability Politics and their Failure to Keep Black Americans Safe

By Carol Anderson | August 9, 2017

Ocean Vuong, Reluctant Optimist

Ocean Vuong, Reluctant Optimist

Night Sky with Exit Wounds Author in Milan">Catching Up with the Night Sky with Exit Wounds Author in Milan

By Yen Pham | July 27, 2017

Telling Their Own Stories: On Black Women's Leadership Memoirs

Telling Their Own Stories: On Black Women's Leadership Memoirs

"This is the Story of a Colored Woman Living in a White World"

By Brittney C. Cooper | July 24, 2017

When Are You Going To Write About Black People?

When Are You Going To Write About Black People?

On the Responsibility of Writers, White and Black, to Write the Other

By Brian Platzer | July 11, 2017

Race at the Race: Being Indian-American at the Indianapolis 500

Race at the Race: Being Indian-American at the Indianapolis 500

Rajpreet Heir on How Things Have Changed at an American Institution

By Rajpreet Heir | July 5, 2017

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A Tourist in My Own Book

By Rebecca Entel | June 22, 2017

Stop Calling Paul Beatty an 'Angry' Writer

By Julie Phillips | June 20, 2017

The Freedom to Defy Expectations: An Interview with Zinzi Clemmons

By Alexandra Watson | June 14, 2017

Walter Mosley: On Being Black, Being a Writer, and Cave Canem

Walter Mosley: On Being Black, Being a Writer, and Cave Canem

Celebrating 20 Years of Supporting African-American Writers

By Walter Mosley | June 8, 2017

What Counts As Standard? On Black English and Black American Sign Language

What Counts As Standard? On Black English and Black American Sign Language

Linguist John McWhorter in Conversation with Novelist and Playwright Kia Corthron

By Literary Hub | May 30, 2017

Claudia Rankine:

Claudia Rankine: "I Think We Need to Be Frightened"

Highlights from Her Talk at BAM's Eat, Drink, and Be Literary

By Emily Temple | May 11, 2017

Revealing the Unwritten Obstacles Faced by Academics of Color

Revealing the Unwritten Obstacles Faced by Academics of Color

How Dr. Patricia Matthew is Bringing Exclusionary Practices into the Light

By Lakshmi Ramgopal | May 9, 2017

Stephanie Powell Watts on Writing Hard Times in Small Towns

Stephanie Powell Watts on Writing Hard Times in Small Towns

No One is Coming to Save Us in Conversation with Bethanne Patrick ">The Author of No One is Coming to Save Us in Conversation with Bethanne Patrick

By Bethanne Patrick | May 9, 2017

Ancient Astronaut Aryans: On the Far Right Obsession with Indo-Europeans

Ancient Astronaut Aryans: On the Far Right Obsession with Indo-Europeans

The Bizarre Pseudo-Historical Belief System Behind White Nationalism

By Ramon Glazov | April 28, 2017

Álvaro Enrigue: Hope for America on a Snow Day in Harlem

Álvaro Enrigue: Hope for America on a Snow Day in Harlem

Defying the Trump Administration, One Stoop at a Time

By Álvaro Enrigue | April 17, 2017

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