Monday, October 14, 2024

African American Novelists at the Age of Debut

A short take on the age of various authors when they made their debuts.

Written by Howard Rambsy II
Read by Kassandra Timm


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Thursday, October 10, 2024

English majors and Career Preparation

Notes from the Modern Language Association's “Report on English Majors’ Career Preparation and Outcomes.” 

Script by Howard Rambsy II 
Voiceover by Kassandra Timm 
Whiteboard animation by Sierra Taylor

 


A Brief on Invisible Man

A summary and artistic take on the opening of Invisible Man. 

Storyboard by Nicole Dixon. 
Voiceover by Kassandra Timm 
Whiteboard animation by Camela Sharp 



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The Remarkable Reception of The Underground Railroad

A brief take on the reception of Colson Whitehead's powerful and ultimately award-winning novel, which was adapted into a series for Amazon Prime.


 

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Monday, September 30, 2024

A Roundup of Novels by Black Writers, 2014 - 2024


Here's a roundup of novels published since 2014. As always, it's a partial list.

[Related: The Beginnings of a Black Novel Timeline, 2014 - 2024 (coming soon)]

2024 
The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
James by Percival Everett
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde by Tia Williams
Long After We Are Gone by Terah Shelton Harris
Faebound by Saara El-Arifi
Ours by Phillip B. Williams
The Queen of Sugar Hill--A Novel of Hattie McDaniel by ReShonda Tate

2023 
Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead
Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward
Every Man a King—A King Oliver Novel by Walter Mosley 
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Fraud by Zadie Smith
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
• Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis
A Spell of Good Things by Ayobami Adebayo
Dangerous Love by Ben Okri
All the Sinners Bleed by S. A. Cosby
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
Hide by Tracy Clark
Family Lore by Elizabeth Acevedo
River Spirit by Leila Aboulela
The Mystery at Dunvegan Castle by Tendai Huchu
Black Candle Women by Diane Marie Brown
An Autobiography of Skin by Lakiesha Carr
The House of Eve by Sadeqa Johnson
The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley
You Never Know by Connie Briscoe
Maame by Jessica George
House of Cotton by Monica Brashears
The Art of Scandal by Regina Black
Liquid Snakes by Stephen Kearse
Blue Hour by Tiffany Clarke Harrison
Gone Like Yesterday by Janelle M. Williams
Symphony of Secrets by Brendan Slocumb
Goodbye Earl by Leesa Cross-Smith
The New Naturals by Gabriel Bump
Promise by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Night Wherever We Go: A novel by Tracey Rose Peyton
No One Dies Yet by Kobby Ben Ben
Last Seen in Lapaz by Kwei Quartey
The Wildest Sun by Asha Lemmie
Decent People by De'Shawn Charles Winslow
Token by Beverly Kendall
Time's Undoing by Cheryl A. Head
Teeth, Claws, and Blood Red Heart by Fiona Zedde
Lucky Gril by Irene Muchemi-Ndiritu
Splinter--A Diverse Sleep Hollow Retelling by Jasper Hyde