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Next week, an outstanding panel of authors and actors will come together (virtually) to celebrate the work of Octavia Butler. Hosted by New York’s Symphony Space, the event features playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (
An Octoroon) hosting a discussion with writers N. K. Jemisin (
How Long ’til Black Future Month?), Walter Mosley (
The Awkward Black Man), and Imani Perry (
Breathe: A Letter to My Sons). Actors Yetide Badaki (
American Gods) and Adepero Oduye (
When They See Us) will read selections from Butler’s work.
The event is presented in conjunction with Grand Central, the publisher of many of Butler’s works, and Library of America, which just published a volume containing
Jurnee Smollett in ‘Lovecraft Country’ (HBO via JTA)
Jurnee Smollett received a nomination for her breakout role as Leti in “Lovecraft Country,” the HBO horror drama that received eight nominations, including for outstanding drama series. Smollett last won a NAACP Image Award for her role in the 2008 film “The Great Debaters.”
“Black-ish,” which stars Tracee Ellis Ross, leads the TV categories with 11 nominations, including for outstanding series. Ross was tapped for the sixth consecutive year as outstanding actress in a comedy series she’s won four times. Ross tacked on another nomination, as outstanding actress in a motion picture for “The High Note,” and now has 16, bringing her career total to 16.
Tochi Onyebuchi’s
Riot Baby has been nominated for an NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work for Fiction.
The NAACP Image Awards were first presented in 1967, and were founded to honor outstanding performances in film, television, music, and literature. This year, the nominees for Outstanding Literary Work of Fiction are:
Black Bottom Saints by Alice Randall (HarperCollins Publishers)
Lakewood by Megan Giddings (HarperCollins Publishers)
Riot Baby by Tochi Onyebuchi (TorDotCom Publishing)
The Awkward Black Man by Walter Mosley (Grove Atlantic)
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Riverhead Books)
Tochi Onyebuchi’s
Riot Baby is perhaps best described in a review from Alex Brown which begins by telling readers:
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