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Engaging "the evolving dialogue that broadens definitions of global Blackness."

The subjects in "The Best American Essays 2022" are diverse, the writing inventive and sensitive, and in some cases, quite compelling.

Black women and girls must protect ourselves. Still, I wish I could relax into the plush comfort of a relationship.

Twin sisters Alina and Anastasia Antropova graduated from Holyoke Community College in Massachusetts and were both named valedictorians for 2022.

By Zakiya Dalila Harris

Design by Ingrid Frahm Carnival, Crop Over and the West Indian Day Parades of the Caribbean Diaspora have always been sites of release and exuberance. This year, with so many celebrations cancelled or delayed and so many unable to travel and join in, Caribbean and Caribbean American writers reflect on the many meanings and experiences of Carnival. I almost forgot that I turn 40 in December. But then, my friends started posting on the Internet about their own big birthdays, and pretty soon, I r...

Book World: A meaty novel about ambition, race and revenge Naomi Jackson, The Washington Post Jan. 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail - - - Ladee Hubbards sophomore novel, "The Rib King," is a fascinating story about the intersection of ambition, race and revenge. The book opens in 1914 in a mythic Northern city reminiscent of Chicago and follows the fortunes of the Black servants for the White Barclay family. The first section is narrated by Mr. Sitwell, a longtime groundskeeper and newly minted b...