Classic adjective. clas· sic | \ ˈkla-sik \ 1a: serving as a standard of excellence: of recognized value Some things never go out of style and when it comes to Black classics, there are so many categories we could talk about: music, movies, food, hairstyles, the list goes on. This has nothing to do with color (well, mostly) — it’s about culture. Often, we have so many […]
“…In this particular book, I think I wanted to combat the feeling that we were already inundated with, and even the feelings that are attached to social justice issues. I wanted to combat the feelings of anger and helplessness and all of that with joy.” Margaret Wilkerson Sexton follows her NAACP Image Award-winning novel The […]
Monica West’s transporting coming-of-age novel explores complicated family and what it means to live among the community of the faithful. Celebrating both feminism and faith, Revival Season is a story of spiritual awakening and disillusionment in a Southern, Black, Evangelical community. We had the pleasure of asking Monica West six questions on inspiration and process […]