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Black History Month – Fiction

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“Writing fiction helps me relate with people who have inner and outer lives different from my own. Reading fiction can do the same thing. To find that kind of empathy for Black people—for Black lives of all kinds—we need look no further than fiction.”

-Jasmine Guillory

 

 


People of Prominence

Nnedi Okorafor
Biography
Blog: Afrofuturism 
Video: Scifi Stories That Imagine a Future Africa
Personal Website

Octavia Butler
Biography
Video: How Octavia Butler Discovered Science Fiction | Museum of Pop Culture
Video: Why Should You Read Sci-fi Superstar Octavia E. Butler? – Ayana Jamieson and Moya Bailey
On Persistence: Octavia E. Butler & Central Library
Huntington Museum: Octavia Butler

Walter Mosley
Biography
Video: National Book Foundation Presents Lifetime Achievement Award to Walter Mosley
Personal Website
New to Walter Mosley Mysteries? Start Here.

Terry McMillan
Biography on Wikipedia
Novelist Terry McMillan on Love, Death and ‘Dirty Secrets’
Personal Website

bell hooks
Biography
New York Times: In Praise of bell hooks
Poetry Foundation: bell hooks
Video: A Conversation with bell hooks
Video: Speaking Freely with bell hooks
Video: Black Female Voices. Who is listening?


Online Resources

Lincoln City Libraries: African American Stories in Nebraska
Lincoln City Libraries: The Black Detective – African American Sleuths in Detective Stories
Lincoln City Libraries: Mystery Fiction by African American Authors
Comic Years: Top 10 Black Genre Authors 
New York Times: Genre Fiction by Black Writers
Publisher’s Weekly: Out of This World: Shining Light on Black Authors in Every Genre
The Portalist: Black Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers You Need to Read
Black Girl Nerds: The Importance of Black Science Fiction and Why Every Black Person Should Read the Genre
Strand Book Store: Genre Fiction by Authors of Color You Won’t Regret Picking Up
Book Riot: 20 Horror Books By Authors of Color