Maryse Condé: “Astute Scholar with a Mighty Pen,” French Guadaloupean Woman Writer(b.1937)
Maryse Condé’s novel Segu is set in the kingdom of Segu (1797) on the Niger river in what is...
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Woman Writer, Educator and Activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875 – 1955): Standing Tall in the Hall!
The statue of Mary McLeod Bethune was officially unveiled in the US Capitol almost a year ago, on...
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Faith Ringgold’s Children’s Books: Bringing Hope and History to Life
Faith Ringgold’s children’s books arose out of her story quilts, one in particular: Tar Beach. A...
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Earth Day 2023: Be Inspired by Carol Ruckdeschel, the “Tireless defender of sea turtles” and more.
In honor of Earth Day, April 22, 2023, we’re rerunning this post about the amazing...
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Poet Warrior by Joy Harjo: Healing Hearts and Nations
“My innate impulse is healing, which is also standing up for justice, which can heal hearts and...
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Tiya Miles and Saidiya Hartman: Critical Fabulation – Claiming the Narrative and Overriding the Supremacist Archive
In her book All That She Carried, woman writer Tiya Miles explores the lives of three women told...
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Woman Writer and Activist Alicia Garza: The Dynamics of Power
Let’s begin by saying that movements are not started with hashtags and there is a lot more to...
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Books, Glorious Books: May you know them and read them!
Books, in any and all formats, are human evolution’s most valuable resource. Books invite us into...
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Toni Morrison and A. J. Verdelle: For the Love of Words—The Connection Between Two Women Writers
A. J. Verdelle recently published a book called Miss Chloe: A Memoir of a Literary Friendship...
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