Morgan Jerkins pens debut novel, ‘Caul Baby’
Morgan Jerkins’ first love has always been fiction. As a teenager, the New Jersey native was creating characters and writing stories through which she could
May 12, 2021
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Morgan Jerkins’ first love has always been fiction. As a teenager, the New Jersey native was creating characters and writing stories through which she could
In her haunting and potent memoir, MEMORIAL DRIVE: A DAUGHTER’S MEMOIR, Pulitzer Prize winner and former two-term Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey presents a stunning and
Sarah Jakes Roberts knows what it means to be your own worst critic. Being the daughter of one of the worlds’ most prolific Christian voices
Activist Tamika Mallory declared a State of Emergency in her viral speech at a Minneapolis Press conference following the May 25, 2020 murder of George
Communicate boldly and effectively like never before with #1 New York Times bestselling author Bishop T.D. Jakes. In Don’t Drop the Mic, Bishop Jakes speaks
If you don’t have your copy of Caul Baby, you can purchase a copy today from www.blackbookstore.com
Music journalist Rob Kenner just released his new book, The Marathon Don’t Stop: The Life & Times of Nipsey Hussle. The book chronicles Nipsey Hussle’s
To RSVP: Click and register here To RSVP: Click and register here You are invited to The Black Book Brunch with Bevy Smith. Join us
Nine-year-old Mark C. Sanders is an honor roll student who’s currently enrolled in his school’s dual language immersion program. As an active baseball player who’s
RSVP Rolling Out Presents: Sunday Stories Join us as we have a conversation with New York Times Bestselling Author Morgan Jerkins about her new highly
Idris Elba has added author to his CV after he signed a global multi-book deal with HarperCollins for a series of children’s books. The 48-year-old
In 2019, Ibram X. Kendi released the book How to be an Antiracist. In the book, Kendi argues that antiracism is, in layman’s terms, an action
Hannah Sawyerr is a Sierra Leonean-American author and an MFA candidate at the New School for creative writing. In 2016, Sawyerr was named the Youth
Talking about racism with children is hard. For many teachers, parents and mentors, finding a good way to tell a child of color that the
Chinua Achebe, the great Nigerian novelist, once said; “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.”
In the opening to her groundbreaking essay collection, Thick: And Other Essays, Tressie McMillan Cottom writes, “I was pregnant at thirty. Divorced at thirty-one. Lost at thirty-two.”
We have lots of stories and lots of reasons why they need to be told.
It is easy to write a story coming from one’s own experience. It takes a truly skilled writer to accurately record the experiences of a
You are invited to The Black Book Brunch with Bevy Smith. Join us as we celebrate her new memoir, Bevelations, with a conversation lead by
Maryam Azeeza Muhammad is a 19-year-old journalism student and poet attending Temple University in Philadelphia. She is the author of the book Bantu Knots and
