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How Dawnn Karen’s ‘Dress Your Best Life’ Guides You Through Your Post-Pandemic Wardrobe

Fashion psychologist Dawnn Karen wants people to feel confident in their clothes. Her self-help book, Dress Your Best Life: How

How ‘Younger’ Painted an Insanely Glamorous, Somewhat Diverse Publishing World

Spoiler alert: The post below reveals storylines from the seventh season of Younger. Literary industry cable series Younger wrapped up

‘Joy Luck Club’ Author Amy Tan Shares How Her Work Became an ‘Unintended Memoir’

For Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Netflix debuted a two-hour documentary about Chinese American best-selling author Amy Tan

Can You Tell Your Story Your Way? Mariah Carey Faces Lawsuits From Siblings Over Her Memoir

Songstress Mariah Carey enjoyed debut author success when her long-awaited memoir hit bookshelves last September. But the memoir that dives

Stacey Abrams Multiplies Book Deals While Raising Political Profile

Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams rose to prominence in 2018 as the first Black woman selected by a major party

Author Natasha Diaz Wants Us to Know Black Jewish Stories Matter

When Natasha Díaz discovered her debut novel was excluded from a Black Jewish book list, she went to Twitter to

Why ‘Waiting to Exhale’ Has Staying Power Onscreen

Today is the 25th anniversary of Waiting to Exhale‘s cinematic debut, a film that brought a never-before-seen look into the

‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ Stars Karyn Parsons and Daphne Maxwell Reid Talk Writing Life

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air co-stars Karyn Parsons and Daphne Maxwell Reid spent Saturday talking about their literary ventures at

Rachel True Shares Her Tarot Journey in New Guidebook and Memoir

Rachel True, the unforgettable star of teen witch cult classic The Craft and weed cult classic Half Baked, has released

How Sister Souljah’s ‘The Coldest Winter Ever’ Got Yandy Smith Her Break in Hip-Hop

Original Love & Hip Hop: New York cast member Yandy Smith-Harris says the Sister Souljah classic The Coldest Winter Ever

Reading a Singer’s Memoir? Choose the Audiobook

Mariah Carey is the latest singer to tell her life story in a book that will be formatted into an

‘The Claudia Kishi Club’ Shows Love to Beloved ‘Baby-sitters Club’ Member

Asian American creatives describe how Claudia Kishi of The Baby-sitters Club series defined their upbringings in the 1990s. The companion

‘The Vanishing Half’ Highlights Racial Passing Along with Previous Well-Known Novels

Perched on The New York Times Best Sellers list for the past four weeks with an HBO miniseries in the

Literary Agents Who Accused Another of Racist Act Start Legal Defense Fund

Days after George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, the city exploded into protests. An argument on whether or

#PublishingPaidMe Reveals Pay Discrepancies Between Black and White Writers

Going into the third week of protests over the police killing of George Floyd, book Twitter went down another road

YA Author Kimberly Jones Explains Civil Unrest Logic in Viral Video

A young adult author’s video interview discussing how race, socioeconomic status, and history are the root of the latest civil

Agents Resign After Red Sofa Literary Owner Calls Police on ‘Straight Up Looters’ in Minneapolis

As the death of an unarmed Black man killed at the hands of police in Minneapolis sparks protests, a local

Quarantine Life Lessons From Nicola Yoon’s ‘Everything, Everything’

With most of the U.S. population under some type of stay-at-home measure, it may feel like we’re Madeline Whittier from

Author Jia Tolentino and Model Kaia Gerber Discuss What to Take From ‘Trick Mirror’ During Quarantine

The novel coronavirus quarantine has produced another celebrity book club. Supermodel Kaia Gerber, daughter of the legendary Cindy Crawford, started

Black Fantasy YA Authors Discuss How They Are Revolutionizing the Genre

Up-and-coming Black fantasy young adult authors convened on a YouTube video chat hosted by Black Girls Create to go deeper

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