Tag: Black authors

Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance | Nikki Grimes

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Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance by Nikki Grimes With poems by Mae V. Cowdery, Helene Johnson, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Clarissa Scott Delany, Angelina Weld Grimké, Gertrude Parthenia McBrown, Anne

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Interview with Kalynn Bayron

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Spoiler alerts ahead for Cinderella is Dead! About the Author: “Kalynn Bayron is the bestselling author of CINDERELLA IS DEAD. She is a classically trained vocalist and when she’s not

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“Nobody is Safe Here” | Reacting to I’M NOT DYING WITH YOU TONIGHT by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal

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Content Warnings for I’m Not Dying With You Tonight: Violence, police brutality, racism  I’m Not Dying With You Tonight released on August 6, 2019 from Sourcebooks Fire, and is co-written

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Interview with Elizabeth Acevedo

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About the Author: “Elizabeth Acevedo is the author of The Poet X—which won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award,

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Author Spotlight | Bethany C. Morrow

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Author Bio: “Bethany is a recovering expat splitting her time between Montreal, Quebec, and upstate New York – yet another foreign place. A California native, Bethany graduated from the University

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YA & Social Justice | Dismantling Racism Through Books

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The last few months have been especially tumultuous and filled with incredible loss. Through the struggle has come a togetherness in the Black Live Matter Movement, and I hope genuine

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