African American women Archives

African American women

Her Kind

On losing and finding my mind

People Like Me

From Black Is the Body, which will be published in February by Knopf. Bernard is a professor of English and critical race and ethnic studies at the University of Vermont,…

The Gatekeepers

by Mychal Denzel Smith,

On the burden of the black public intellectual

Monumental Error

by J. C. Hallman,

Will New York City finally tear down a statue?

Lotion

by Simone White,

By Simone White, from Of Being Dispersed, a collection of poetry that was published in May by Futurepoem Books. White’s previous collection is Unrest.

Weary Oracle

by Dawn Lundy Martin,

By Dawn Lundy Martin. Martin is the author of four books of poetry, including Good Stock, which will be published by Coffee House Press in 2016. She teaches at the…