EDWARDSVILLE - The African American Literary Studies (AALS) unit within the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of English Language and Literature has expanded its group of professors with expertise in Black literature and literary history.AALS

Netflix Partners on Episodic Content Development Lab for Writers in Africa  Hollywood Reporter

The first thing he bought with book money, he tells me, starting the car and laughing, was an electric recliner. “Twenty-year-old Shawn would have been so ashamed of me buying a $600 recliner,” he says. “He would have been like,

Africa basks in Booker boost for female writers  Yahoo News

For some African-American writers, New York’s uptown neighborhood of Harlem represents both a crucible and a showcase. Writing about Harlem has been known to launch literary careers, for those good enough to capture something of the vibrancy and rich history,

The Congo is Empowering African Writers towards Lucrative Storytelling  Africanews English

Kendeka Prize The long list for the 2021 Kendeka Prize for African Literature has been announced today, Wednesday, 1st September 2021. Kendeka Prize for African Literature is an initiative by Andrew Maina, a Kenyan writer through Solano Publications Limited. It aims at

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Africa basks in Booker boost for female writers  BBC News

Eloise Greenfield, an award-winning writer whose dozens of works helped broaden children’s literature so that young African Americans could see themselves, their history and their hopes in the pages of their picture books, has died aged 92.Greenfield spent nearly her

Award-winning poet and professor Nikki Giovanni will be joining Prairie View A&M University as the Writer-in-Residence for the upcoming 2021-2022 academic year.  Giovanni will be joining the historically Black university through its Toni Morrison Writing Program. Her appointment will kick