Genius, Jesmyn…

October 13, 2017 MahoganyBooks

“Ward chronicles the stories of poor, rural Southerners, invoking racial history and examining present racial divides, in lyrical novels and nonfiction rooted in Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, where she was raised and still lives.” – The […]

2017 Pulitzer Prize Winners

April 14, 2017 Derrick Young

Earlier this week the winners of the 2017 Pulitzer Prizes were announced. I was ecstatic to learn that of the 21 winners, 4 were African American writers in the categories of fiction, poetry, drama, and criticism. […]

NAACP Image Awards Literary Winners

February 13, 2017 MahoganyBooks

Congratulations to the eight (8) books who won their respective categories for literary excellence at the 48th NAACP Image Awards, as well as, those books and authors nominated for literary excellence. #BlackBooksMatter. Outstanding Literary Work […]

2017 PEN America Debut Author Long List Announced

December 14, 2016 MahoganyBooks

The PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction honors an exceptionally talented fiction writer whose debut work—a novel or collection of short stories—represents distinguished literary achievement and suggests great promise. The winner receives a cash award of […]

2016 National Book Award Winners

November 18, 2016 MahoganyBooks

Congratulations to the 2016 National Book Award winners: Colson Whitehead, Ibram X. Kendi, & Congressman John Lewis. On this day in Black Literary History (Nov 17th, 2016) we saw three African American men honored, not […]

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