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JAMES BALDWIN


Ned Rorem, prize-winning composer and writer, dies at 99

Composer Ned Rorem has died at 99.

PEN America honors activists, artists and dissidents

From an imprisoned Ukranian journalist to a high school activist in Florida, PEN America paid tribute Monday night to democracy and free expression and warned about the dangers faced in the U.S. and abroad.

Poet Sonia Sanchez to receive Edward MacDowell Medal

The poet, activist and educator Sonia Sanchez is this yearโ€™s winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honor started in 1960 and previously given to Robert Frost, Toni Morrison and Stephen Sondheim among others.

Sidney Poitier changed movies, and changed lives

Sidney Poitier made history โ€” on the screen and off.

Collection of Norman Mailer's writing finds new publisher

An anthology of the late Norman Mailerโ€™s writing that Random House allegedly had scheduled for his centennial in 2023, but backed off from, will be released by a publisher that has taken on such discarded works as Woody Allenโ€™s memoir โ€œApropos of Nothingโ€ and a Philip Roth biography written by Blake Bailey.

Black artist Josephine Baker honored at France's Pantheon

France has inducted U.S.-born entertainer, anti-Nazi spy and civil rights activist Josephine Baker into the Pantheon.

French honor for Josephine Baker stirs conflict over racism

A Black woman will, for the first time, join other luminaries interred in Franceโ€™s Pantheon.

In Sandra Cisneros' new book, an overdue letter to a friend

In Sandra Cisneros' new book, an overdue letter to a friend

Sandra Cisneros feels like sheโ€™s finally replied to a long overdue letter with her new book, โ€œMartita, I Remember You.โ€.

Q&A: Abdul-Jabbar talks new documentary, MLK, social justice

Q&A: Abdul-Jabbar talks new documentary, MLK, social justice

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an NBA legend, but the man known for his trademark skyhook shot has also devoted his life advocating for equality and social justice.

'Sins of our past': Apologies for 1970 Jackson St. shootings

'Sins of our past': Apologies for 1970 Jackson St. shootings

The mayor of Mississippiโ€™s capital city and a state senator are apologizing for shootings by city and state law enforcement officers 51 years ago at a historically Black college.

Restored Richard Wright novel hits bestseller lists

Restored Richard Wright novel hits bestseller lists

More than 60 years after his death, Richard Wright is again a bestselling author.

LeVar Burton launches book club with James Baldwin novel

LeVar Burton launches book club with James Baldwin novel

LeVar Burton has found another way to share his love of reading.

A price tag on trauma? College town weighs Black reparations

A price tag on trauma? College town weighs Black reparations

Amherst is on a path toward providing reparations to Black residents for past injustices following the town council's adoption of a resolution calling for the community to become an anti-racist town. President Joe Biden has even expressed support for creating a federal commission to study Black reparations, a proposal that's languished for decades in Congress. Anderson and other Black residents are taking part in virtual conversations this spring to talk about what reparations should look like. Can you put a price tag on trauma?โ€Miller and Andrews, meanwhile, have looked to Evanston, Illinois as a potential model, inviting a leading alderman from that community to speak with Amherst's Black residents next month. Driver believes the townโ€™s higher education institutions โ€” UMass Amherst, Amherst College and Hampshire College โ€” should be part of the solution because of the role they've played in the town's racial divide.

Creighton players express hurt over McDermott words in video

Creighton players express hurt over McDermott words in video

Creighton coach Greg McDermott shouts during the first half of the team's NCAA college basketball game against Villanova, Wednesday, March 3, 2021, in Villanova, Pa. (AP Photo/Laurence Kesterson)OMAHA, Neb. โ€“ Five Creighton basketball players explained in a short pregame video Saturday why they were hurt by coach Greg McDermott's remarks in his locker room talk following a loss last weekend. AdCreighton players hadn't commented publicly about McDermott's remarks until five Black players spoke in the pregame video at CHI Health Center. Let's start the conversation.โ€The video ended in silence with all the Creighton players locked arm in arm on the court. โ€œA lot of guys in that locker room were hurting from it, and I was hurting from what he said," Zegarowski said.

`The books that help her through': Winfrey suggests seven

`The books that help her through': Winfrey suggests seven

NEW YORK โ€“ With Election Day approaching and the pandemic ongoing, Oprah Winfrey is setting aside her usual book club recommendations and instead citing seven personal favorites, ranging from James Baldwin's landmark essays in โ€œThe Fire Next Timeโ€ to Mary Oliver's poetry collection โ€œDevotions.โ€Winfrey is calling her choices โ€œThe Books That Help Me Through," works she values for โ€œtheir ability to comfort, inspire, and enlighten.โ€"Itโ€™s a mix of fiction, poetry, non-fiction and spirituality, books I know and trust and revisit time and again,โ€ she said in a statement Monday. Winfrey had planned a new choice every two months; her previous selection, Isabel Wilkerson's โ€œCaste,โ€ was announced in early August. Winfrey spokesperson Chelsea Hettrick said the seven books announced Monday would serve as โ€œa bridge between selections,โ€ and that no firm timeline had been set for future choices. โ€œThis year has brought such unprecedented change overall. We will re-evaluate in the coming weeks the selection plan and timing for the remainder of 2020,โ€ she said.

Barry Jenkins to direct 'Lion King' follow-up

Barry Jenkins to direct 'Lion King' follow-up

NEW YORK โ€“ The Walt Disney Co. will make a follow-up to the 2019 live-action โ€œThe Lion King,โ€ with Barry Jenkins, the director of the Oscar-winning โ€œMoonlightโ€ and the James Baldwin adaptation โ€œIf Beale Street Could Talk,โ€ set to direct. The new โ€œLion Kingโ€ grossed more than $1.6 billion worldwide, so a sequel was perhaps always likely. Less expected was a โ€œLion Kingโ€ with Jenkins directing. The film, Disney said, will explore the mythology of โ€œThe Lion King,โ€ including Mufasa's origin story. Disney didn't announce any further plot details or casting on the new โ€œLion Kingโ€ project, which was first reported by Deadline Hollywood.

Ava DuVernay, her company honored by MacDowell artist colony

Ava DuVernay, her company honored by MacDowell artist colony

NEW YORK โ€“ Filmmaker Ava DuVernay will be honored next month by MacDowell, which is presenting its inaugural Marian MacDowell Arts Advocacy Award to her media company and arts collective ARRAY. The award is named for the co-founder of MacDowell, the century-old artist residency in Peterborough, New Hampshire, where James Baldwin, Leonard Bernstein and many others have been visiting fellows. DuVernay, known for such acclaimed movies as โ€œSelmaโ€ and โ€œ13th," founded ARRAY in 2012 as a way of amplifying the work of women and people of color. โ€œI am touched that our narrative change collective ARRAY, which is built upon a mission to articulate and amplify stories from the widest range of art makers, is being honored in Ms. MacDowellโ€™s name,โ€ DuVernay said in a statement Sunday. Actress and former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, Jane Alexander, will present the award.

Celebs, long vocal about Breonna Taylor case, decry decision

Celebs, long vocal about Breonna Taylor case, decry decision

Itโ€™s time for some people to go to jail.โ€ - Queen Latifah, recording artist and actor, in an interview with The Associated Press. Ask yourself โ€˜Why so long for Breonna Taylor?โ€™โ€ - Stevie Wonder, in a video message. โ€œMy heart is broken for the family of Breonna Taylor. once again weโ€™re left with nothing that they try to make seem as somethingโ€ - Ella Mai, recording artist, via Twitter. โ€œBrett Hankison is indicted for shooting into the apartment NEXT to Breonna Taylor & not for KILLING HER.

Brands weigh in on national protests over police brutality

Brands weigh in on national protests over police brutality

Black lives matter. At the same time, companies must consider whether it makes sense for them to weigh in, especially on an issue as sensitive as race. Media giant ViacomCBS tweeted Black Lives Matter. Expressing solidarity with the Black Lives Movement is the right message, but everyone is jumping in on that bandwagon, said Allen Adamson, co-founder and managing partner of Metaforce a marketing and product consultancy. Each of these black lives matter.

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