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Now, for the first time, the full text of Wright's incendiary novel about race and violence in America, is published in the form that he intended, complete with his companion essay, “Memories Of My Grandmother.” Photo: AP More than 60 years after his death, Richard Wright is again a bestselling author and very much in line with the present. The Man Who Lived Underground, a short novel written in the 1940s and never published in full until this spring, is the surreal but credible story of a Black man who is tortured by police into confessing to a double murder he didn't commit. He escapes ...

Jessica J. Williams is a Black feminist, artist and educator at UC San Diego, and contributing essayist to the New York Times best-seller, "You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience," edited by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown

Loyalty Bookstores hosts multiple LGBTQ discussions during May Brian Broome, Kiese Laymon, Gabrielle Inés, and more are set to participate 16SHARES Loyalty: Brian Broome — Photo: Andy Johanson Shortly after the pandemic hit in 2020, the future prospects were unclear for independent bookstores, especially those that had only recently set up shop, such as the two locations of Loyalty Bookstores in Silver Spring and D.C.’s Petworth neighborhood. What a difference a year makes: The chain ended April with a bang, processing hundreds of orders from Independent Bookstore Day, which falls on the...

Restored Richard Wright novel hits bestseller lists HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer May 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 5 1of5This combination of photos shows the cover image for "The Man Who Lived Underground," left, and author Richard Wright. (Library of America via AP, left, and AP Photo/Robert Kradin)APShow MoreShow Less 2of5This cover image released by the Library of America shows "The Man Who Lived Underground," by Richard Wright. (Library of America via AP)APShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5FILE - Richard Wright, author of "Native Son," appears in New York on March 21, 1945. Mo...

Punch Me Up to the Gods is a memoir that chronicles one Black man’s journey and his struggles with race, sexuality, addiction, and recovery. The author, Brian Broome, is a Black gay man who traveled from Ohio to Pittsburgh in the 1990s to find a sense of acceptance and community. The book expertly weaves stories from Ohio to Pittsburgh to Paris, following Broome as he navigates the negative Black stereotypes he was fed as a child in order to become his fully realized self. The memoir, set to release on Tue., May 18, has already received accolades from literary heavyweights including bestse...