Books
The Free Amplify Libraries Highlight BIPOC Authors And Anti-Racist Texts
April 16, 2021
The Free Amplify Libraries Highlight BIPOC Authors And Anti-Racist Texts
Amplify Library, via @amplifylibrary Inspired by the Little Free Libraries around the globe, Amplify Library is a new progressive concept…
Kaitlyn Greenidge On Her Novel ‘Libertie’ And Exploring The Definition Of Freedom
April 2, 2021
Kaitlyn Greenidge On Her Novel ‘Libertie’ And Exploring The Definition Of Freedom
In an interview with Kukuwa Ashan of Electric Lit, Kaitlyn Greenidge discusses her recently released novel, Libertie––one of JARO’s most…
Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Kindred’ Is Being Adapted By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins For FX
March 19, 2021
Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Kindred’ Is Being Adapted By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins For FX
FX has ordered a pilot for Octavia E. Butler’s 1979 classic novel Kindred, which will be written and produced by…
Nancy Johnson On How Race And Class Influenced Her Debut Novel ‘The Kindest Lie’
February 2, 2021
Nancy Johnson On How Race And Class Influenced Her Debut Novel ‘The Kindest Lie’
Nancy Johnson’s debut novel The Kindest Lie, officially released today, is an exploration of motherhood, race, and class. Featured on…
Join A Virtual Conversation Between Cicely Tyson And Whoopi Goldberg As They Reflect On Tyson’s New Memoir ‘Just As I Am’
January 25, 2021
Join A Virtual Conversation Between Cicely Tyson And Whoopi Goldberg As They Reflect On Tyson’s New Memoir ‘Just As I Am’
This Thursday, January 28th at 6:00 PM EST, join in on a conversation between Miss Cicely Tyson and Whoopi Goldberg…
Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dead at 59
January 6, 2021
Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dead at 59
NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Jerome Dickey, the bestselling novelist who blended crime, romance and eroticism in “Sister, Sister,” “Waking…
JARO Reading List: Books By Black Authors On Our Radar In 2021
December 16, 2020
JARO Reading List: Books By Black Authors On Our Radar In 2021
There have been a plethora of distinguished books throughout 2020 (view this year’s reading list here), allowing us to…
Yusef Salaam writing memoir about his wrongful imprisonment
November 23, 2020
Yusef Salaam writing memoir about his wrongful imprisonment
NEW YORK (AP) — One of the five teens wrongly imprisoned for the assault on a Central Park jogger has…
Listen To Excerpts From President Obama’s New Memoir ‘A Promised Land’
November 17, 2020
Listen To Excerpts From President Obama’s New Memoir ‘A Promised Land’
Former President Barack Obama’s latest memoir A Promised Land hits shelves today, November 17th. The transparent memoir details Obama’s political…
Terry McMillan’s ‘Waiting To Exhale’ To Be Adapted Into A TV Series, Produced By Lee Daniels And Directed By Anthony Hemingway
November 16, 2020
Terry McMillan’s ‘Waiting To Exhale’ To Be Adapted Into A TV Series, Produced By Lee Daniels And Directed By Anthony Hemingway
Terry McMillan, the commendable author behind the 1992 NYT best-selling novel Waiting to Exhale, has confirmed via Twitter that it…