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Posts Tagged: Waiting to Exhale

VISIBLE: Women Writers of Color: Bethany C. Morrow

By Deesha Philyaw

May 16th, 2018

Bethany C. Morrow discusses her debut novel, MEM, how it felt to read Toni Morrison for the first time, and her hope for Black girl readers.

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“Happily Ever After” for African-American Romance Novelists

By Christine Grimaldi

August 18th, 2015

Romance novels can’t erase the past, and the present. Chapter by chapter, they do strive toward agency.

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Tags: #sayhername, #weneeddiversebooks, Beverly Jenkins, black women, black writers, Bold Strokes Books, Brenda Jackson, Christine Grimaldi, Laurie Kahn, Nicki Minaj, Odyssey Books, Popular Romance Project, romance novels, Roxane Gay, Sandra Bland, Taylor Swift, Terry McMillan, Tyler Perry, Waiting to Exhale

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