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VIDEO: Rebecca Solnit on writing a liberated Cinderella

Rebecca Solnit’s Cinderella Liberator, her retelling of the classic fairytale for today’s kids, shows a new version of the story in which “nobody gets married, nobody becomes a princess, the prince needs liberation too.” Her goal was to portray “a really Read more >

By Literary Hub

The conference bringing critics of color together: Jack Jones' Culture, Too

If you don’t know about Jack Jones Literary Arts, founded by Kima Jones in 2015, you’ll probably at least recognize some of its clientele: Naomi Jackson, Tyehimba Jess, Angie Thomas, Tananarive Due, and Donald Quist, among others. Through personalized publicity campaigns Read more >

By Aaron Robertson