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Juneteenth Books by various authors and illustrators

The celebration is coming soon, you can feel it in the air. Your entire family will gather together for one special day. There'll be picnics and tasty foods, dancing, and storytelling. No, it's not Christmas or your birthday, not Easter …

"The 5 Practices of Highly Resilient People: Why Some Flourish When Others Fold" by Dr. Taryn Marie Stejskal

Once upon a time, life was a ball. You got up on the sunny side of the bed, greeted the day, and you kept moving with the flow like a pro. Bad things hit you and caromed off like you …

New Book Named a Finalist in the Texas Institute of Letters Award

The Texas Institute of Letters (TIL) announced Jasminne Mendez’s new young adult memoir, Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American, is a finalist for its 2023 Jean Flynn Award for Best Young Adult Book.

No Thanks: 7 Ways to Say I'll Just Include Myself: The Remix

This special edition of No Thanks includes two bonus chapters and two bonus affirmations. The Remix covers how to identify and handle micro-aggressive bullies, with a focus on "Karen" in the workplace. Professional Black women surveyed say she is one …

"House of Cotton" by Monica Brashears

The role is yours, if you want it. You can play the part on a stage or in a film, but there are a few requirements: you have to be able to sing and dance and speak with an accent. …

"House of Cotton" by Monica Brashears

The role is yours, if you want it. You can play the part on a stage or in a film, but there are a few requirements: you have to be able to sing and dance and speak with an accent. …

Toni Morrison is memorialized on a USPS Forever stamp

The US Postal Service is honoring the late author and Nobel laureate Toni Morrison with her own Forever stamp.

Books about Black Women's Body Image by various authors

The last two apps you downloaded were for diets. Ugh. Friends say that you're perfect but you'd like to lose your flabby arms, your thick thighs, and a few inches from your belly. You imagine what you'd be like if …

Hillary the Ladybug Discovers Leprechauns in Latest ‘Ladybug’ Adventure

Are leprechauns real? In the new children’s adventure, Hillary and the Leprechauns, Hillary the Little Ladybug happens upon not one, but a whole gathering of leprechauns!

"I Am Debra Lee: A Memoir" by Debra Lee

Everybody's looking at you. They're wondering what you're going to do next, because you often surprise them. They don't know what you're about to say because you're never predictable. So stand up, throw your shoulders back, let them watch and …

Black History Books for Adults

The month of February has whipped by so fast that you almost missed it.

National Black Book Festival News

We hope you're enjoying the second month of the year and continuing to support African-American literature. During this month, we've been highlighting authors on our social media platforms who are making a difference by writing books that both inform and …

Raise Your Hand Texas Recommends Reining in State's STAAR Test, Reforming Public Education Accountability System

It's all in the balance. You need to maintain that first and everything else comes next. Without balance, the wheels won't turn and pedaling is a wasted effort. Without it, you'd dream of a place with no chance of biking …

Chimera Vividly Captures Conflicting Emotions of Long-Term Cancer Survivorship

Few people have survived the nightmare of a stem cell transplant gone sideways. Fewer still have had the audacity to write about the miraculous yet bewildering experience of becoming a genetic chimera. Brad Buchanan breaks this taboo and offers readers …

Black History Month Books for Kids

Your parents and your teachers try to tell you about the past. You like the stories they share, the things your grandparents did and the important celebrities that lived long ago. It's history and it's fun to know, so why …