Let’s Celebrate Black Women Poets
This year we marked April -National Poetry Month by showcasing work in our Poets Corner from several Sister Poets. From Grandmom to Aretha, check out their words.
Article Category: Reviews
Comrade Sisters – Heart, Soul, Spirit
Comrade Sisters is a beautifully bound gallery of images and ideas from and about the Black women who breathed life into the revolutionary movement.
She Wrote The Book: Our Gen
As summer ends, author Diane McKinney-Whetstone joined a pool-side salon at the oldest Black-owned swim club in the nation to talk about her latest novel Our Gen.
Alice Walker’s Journals Have Been Collected in Gathering Blossoms Under Fire
Salamishah Tillet, author of “In Search of The Color Purple,” considers the iconic writer's creative journey in Walker's latest work edited by Valerie Boyd.
She Wrote The Book Spring 2022 Book List
Sign up to receive our first She Wrote The Book spring reading list. From chattel slavery to today, we delve into how the tendrils of slavery wound their way from the not so distant past to the present. We ponder, how can we cast off those invisible chains?
“Speaking of Summer”
Marita Golden highlights "Speaking of Summer" a thrilling novel by Kalisha Buckhanon
Nkechi Taifa’s Ode to Young Black Imagination
In case you're stuck on what to get the kids for the holidays, consider Nkechi Taifa's children's books that affirm young Black lives.
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story That We All Should Know
Let’s respond to the big lie about critical race theory being taught to K-12 students by putting newly released The 1619 Project anthology in every school in the nation.
The Strong Black Woman
Literary legend Marita Golden was busy during the pandemic lockdown interrogating the mandates and myths of The Strong Black Woman.
Still Believing Anita Hill
It’s been 30 years since Anita Hill’s testimony transformed the national conversation on sexual harassment. Her new book underscores the continuing struggle faced by women.