Troy Johnson: Literary Activist of the Year 2017
On June 10, 2017, I had the fortune of being honored with the Literary Activist of the Year Award, which was
Read MoreBlog of AALBC.com’s Founder & Webmaster Celebrating our Literary Legacy #readingblack
On June 10, 2017, I had the fortune of being honored with the Literary Activist of the Year Award, which was
Read MoreBack in January of this year, I took the time to try to figure out how many Black writers have
Read MoreKarin Tanabe’s gripping new historical novel, The Gilded Years (Washington Square Press, June 7, 2016) is based on the true story of Anita Hemmings, the first black student to attend Vassar College. With “spot on” dialogue and “narration reminiscent of novels of the 1890s” (Anna Jean Mayhew, author of The Dry Grass of August), Tanabe has crafted a tonally masterful yet supremely relevant narrative on race, women’s rights, and the challenges of finding one’s place in the world.
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