Black novelists have debuted at many stages of life, from their twenties to their fifties, reminding us that Black literary careers begin on different timelines.

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! 📚

Another Season of Toni Morrison The last eight months have seen a surge of Toni Morrison coverage, extending the visibility of our most canonized Black writer even further....

Another Season of Toni Morrison -- shorturl.at/FalYG

How book recommendations at a barbershop led to an online network to find Black literature : St. Louis on the Air Inspired by barbershop chats and a brotherly contest over hip-hop facts, the Black Lit Network is a digital resource designed to make African American literature more widely accessible. Southern Illin...

Take a listen to @hrambsy.bsky.social’s interview about the Black Lit Network on @stlpublicradio.bsky.social! From the barbershop to the classroom, it’s a project deeply rooted in a genuinely public humanities. When you’re done, visit www.blacklitnetwork.org and try it out! #DigitalHumanities

Look, we always talk about @alondra.bsky.social the founding Afrofuturist or her as the coordinator and dean or how she's a distinguished professor. But goodness, we have not said nearly enough about Alondra Nelson the exquisite writer. Whew.

Reflection on reaching 200 podcast episodes We somehow did it: produced 200 episodes our podcast Remarkable Receptions.  We launched our first episodes on June 28, 2022, and we posted ...

Ok, a few notes on producing a podcast about critical and popular responses to African American novels, artistic productions, and more.
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The Rise of Afrofuturism in the 1990s A brief take on how Alondra Nelson’s Yahoo group in the 1990s shaped the rise of Afrofuturism through discussions on race, tech, and Black c...

Here's a short piece on the rise of Afrofuturism during the late 1990s.
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I’ve been a college professor for 21 years now. I’ve been covering Nikki Giovanni’s “Ego Tripping” for 21 years now.

"...for which I was his assistant."

See now, you got me wanting an essay from you on that experience. Ha.

#DayOfDH2024

Ok, some Black novel combinations, starting here.
Three novels with unnamed protagonists:
James Weldon Johnson's The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man (1912)
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man (1952)
Colson Whitehead's Apex Hides the Hurt (2006)

Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Literary scholar: I'm suggesting that the cup and its contents are metaphorical, and intersectionality provides a lens for us to (re)read the interplay between the container and what it holds.