@blackstudies

An African American literature & culture microblogging site

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Joined January 2010
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Kinohi Nishikawa@kinohinApr 10
Rounding out the proceedings today: I get to speak on a panel with colleagues in Black bibliography and book history I admire and look up to. Elizabeth McHenry @elizmchenry, Howard Rambsy II @blackstudies and Derrick Spires @drkmttr82. Swing by at 4:30pm EST.
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blacklitnetwork@blacklitnetworkApr 7
Black novelists have debuted across a wide range of ages, showing there is no single timeline for entering Black literary history. #BlackLitNetwork #BlackLiterature
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blacklitnetwork@blacklitnetworkApr 1
African American literary studies illuminates the works of generations of writers. #BlackLiterature #BlackWriters
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blacklitnetwork@blacklitnetworkMar 31
Readers continue engaging neo-slave narratives, revisiting history and memory across Black literary traditions. #BlackLitNetwork #BlackLiterature
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blacklitnetwork@blacklitnetworkMar 31
Gwendolyn Brooks’s “We Real Cool” continues to shape how readers imagine and return to Black poetry. #BlackLitNetwork #BlackLiterature “Negro Boys on Easter Morning,” 1941. Photo by Russell Lee
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blacklitnetwork@blacklitnetworkMar 17
#AALS #SIUEBrainFood #BlackLitNetwork #BlackLiterature #ToniMorrison
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blacklitnetwork@blacklitnetworkMar 5
Remarkable Receptions is a series of conversations, recaps, and ideas on Black literature, Black writers, and cultural happenings. This episode and more by scholars, critics, and literary enthusiasts are available at blacklitnetwork.org/podcasts. 🎧#BlackLitNetwork #blackbooks #books
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blacklitnetwork@blacklitnetworkMar 4
This memorable scene from Morrison’s 1973 novel Sula stands out because of its sharp and simultaneous critiques of racism and patriarchy but also because of its revelations about the title character. Hear more about it on the Remarkable Receptions Podcast: tinyurl.com/33u29r6m
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blacklitnetwork@blacklitnetworkMar 3
Finished your stack and looking for your next read? Want to find coming-of-age stories, thrillers, or sci-fi? Maybe you want new material to teach young learners. Our Navigator can narrow down 2,000+ Black-authored works to find what you’re searching for! blacklitnetwork.org/publicat…
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blacklitnetwork@blacklitnetworkMar 3
Our Literary Navigator Device can be used by typing keywords like "girlhood," and the Navigator will show you all the works in its repository that fit your criteria. Narrow your scope to specific genres using the filters on the left. blacklitenetwork.org/publica…
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blacklitnetwork@blacklitnetworkMar 3
Books, authors, conversations, analysis, datasets—there’s so much to explore on blacklitnetwork.org. You might just find your next read that you didn’t even know you needed! 📚
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Whew. If “clock it” was a statement.
Malika Andrews
@malika_andrews30 Sep 2025
Napheesa Collier’s full statement today, where she challenged Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and the WNBA with directness and stunning detail we rarely hear from active players. Worth listening to every word.
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Important extension here. It also clarifies some distance between Coates and Klein. I was a bit surprised, disappointed that Klein seemed at times to talk far more than his guest at times. Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines nytimes.com/2025/09/28/opini…

Opinion | Ta-Nehisi Coates on Bridging Gaps vs. Drawing Lines (Published 2025)

The writer Ta-Nehisi Coates joins Ezra Klein on the show to discuss how the left should think about the work of politics and persuasion in this moment.

nytimes.com
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I see you, lil sister -- @blkgrlpoet -- upstaging all those up-and-coming ballers with your announcement on the WNBA draft day. I see you. Always on time. 😆
Dr. Angel C. Dye
@blkgrlpoet14 Apr 2025
I’m so excited and blessed to say that I will complete school this summer as a first-generation PhD and that I have accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor of African American Lit position at Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville! Moving to St. Louis this summer! ❤️🙌🏾
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A short take (podcast episode) on Elizabeth McHenry, @kinohin Nishikawa, and African American literary studies -- shorturl.at/SPhf7
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I somehow forgot to add Ultimate Black Panther to my comic book pull list. But when I got to my local shop, they had it for me. How? Why? "We know you want anything @bryanedwardhill writes," they said.
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Alright now! ‘Sister-friend’ of Angelou, Baldwin and Morrison champions their books washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…

‘Sister-friend’ of Angelou, Baldwin and Morrison champions their books

Eleanor Traylor, 90, a literary critic and former head of Howard University’s English and humanities departments, is fighting book bans and isn’t slowing down.

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Reading this article reminded me of that photo with @DWill5, Sonia Sanchez, @FJasmineG, Maryemma Graham, Cheryl Wall, @dem8z, and others at Traylor's home in DC.
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A few reflections on Angel C. Dye's poems, My Mouth A Constant Prayer -- rb.gy/zv68am
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I see you, @blkgrlpoet, good look.
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