Tag: Recommended Black authors

Black History Month Recs: ALL

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on March 3, 2023. Posted in General, Racism to Reconciliation, Writing. 2 Comments on Black History Month Recs: ALL

Here it is! What you’ve all been waiting for! All 28 recs for Black History Month on Black authors whose work I love! Seriously, that’s what it is. February 1 I’ll start with American fiction writer Charles Himes. He’s best known for his Harlem detective series with Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. But I’d like to...

Recs on Black Authors: Part 3

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on February 16, 2023. Posted in General, Racism to Reconciliation, Writing. 3 Comments on Recs on Black Authors: Part 3

it may not be time for the 3rd installment in my recs on Black authors during Black History Month, but I’m ready to do it. You can see the 2nd installment here which will link you to the first as well. February 10 I started Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones, and never finished it. I thought, to be honest with her plot, Ward couldn’t let...

Black History Month Authors

Written by Ellen Morris Prewitt on February 12, 2023. Posted in General, Racism to Reconciliation, Writing. 4 Comments on Black History Month Authors

Time for the second installment of Black History Month authors (you can read the first set of authors here). Some you’ll know, others might be new. I hope you enjoy them all. February 5 Crystal Wilkinson is a Affrilachian poet and fiction writer from Kentucky. I was lucky enough to study under her at The Glen last summer. We arrived,...