Q&A: Sherrod Celebrates Amistad Press
Tracy Sherrod, current editorial director of Amistad Press, discusses how the publisher of multicultural voices has changed over its thirty-year history, as well as the challenges it faces today.
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African American
Agents & Editors: Dawn Davis
Dawn Davis—vice president and publisher of 37 INK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster’s Atria Publishing Group—talks about editing Edward P. Jones, the lack of diversity in publishing, and what some of the most successful authors have in common.
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Hurston/Wright Foundation Turns 25
Amidst questions of racial diversity in the publishing industry, the Hurston/Wright foundation continues its outstanding support of African American writers, promising a brighter outlook for the state of writing in America.
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Q&A: Brenda Greene Celebrates Black Literature
The executive director of the Center for Black Literature celebrates a decade of service and looks forward to this month’s National Black Writers Conference in New York City.
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At the Center of Hip-Hop and Poetry
A new anthology from Haymarket Books celebrates Black Girl Magic.
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Patricia Smith Wins $100,000 Poetry Prize, Frankenstein Facsimiles, and More
PEN announces winners of its 2018 Literary Awards; Khaled Hosseini’s next novel to focus on Syrian refugee crisis; Milo Yiannopoulos drops lawsuit against Simon & Schuster; and other news.
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Haki R. Madhubuti on Black Lit, PEN World Voices Festival, and More
George Washington’s hair found in library book; the importance of rereading; in praise of queer teen fiction; and other news.
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I, Too Arts Collective
A literary organization brings new life to Langston Hughes’s house in Harlem.
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Why We Write: Redemption Song
A writer and editor reflects on her work as both creative impulse and ancestral redemption.
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Poetry Prize
Cave Canem Foundation
Entry Fee:
$20
Deadline:
March 16, 2018
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Graywolf Press is given annually for a first book of poetry by a black poet of African descent. Chris Abani will judge. Using the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 75 pages with a $20 entry fee by March 16. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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