Think “black” and “woman” and “writer,” and the names spill forth: Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Lorraine Hansberry, Toni Cade Bambara, Paule Marshall, Ntozake Sh… ...

In 1971, writers James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni sat down for a riveting two-hour conversation about Black love and ...

African American women writers have tackled the hard work of representing a diverse spectrum of lived and imagined experiences, including and especially their own.

This women’s tradition — which shows that Alice Walker’s impulses are much the same as those of 19th century black women writers — has been, until now, barely charted territory.

This is just one of the many vulnerable moments that make up Tate’s 1983 collection Black Women Writers at Work, a genre-defying compilation of interviews with some of the foremost Black women ...

What Toni Morrison meant to 8 black women writers (including Michelle Obama) ‘She showed how incomplete the world’s narrative was without ours in it’ August 12, 2019 More than 5 years ago ...

That is what Women Write Now is about: an urgent call to action to rewrite the narrative for Black women writers and directors in the comedic space, via tangible opportunities to create, ...

Black Women Writers at Work, out January 10 from Haymarket Books, offers interviews with literary giants, among them two women with local ties: Maya Angelou and Ntozake Shange. In these interviews, ...

After attending a few events, Grant met Akinmowo in person. In 2016, after completing graduate school, Grant moved back to Los Angeles and started The Free Black Women’s Library chapter.

In the past, African-American writers carried two burdens: ... It’s a tremendous challenge to select a particular work by any of the many brilliant black women writers among us.

This women’s tradition — which shows that Alice Walker’s impulses are much the same as those of 19th century black women writers — has been, until now, barely charted territory.