Remembering Gloria Naylor

We have learned of the passing of one of the leading lights in the African American literary community. Gloria Naylor inspired generations of writers, including many of our Kimbilio Fellows. Celebrate her life by grabbing your favorite Gloria Naylor novel from the shelf and remembering all she taught us. Ebony.com confirmed her passing and published a […]

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Kimbilio Mourns Joyce Carol Thomas

Prolific children’s author and poet Joyce Carol Thomas has passed. Ms. Thomas took night classes in education at Stanford, while raising four children and received her master’s degree in 1967.  Her 1982 novel Marked by Fire won a National Book Award in category Children’s Fiction and an American Book Award. Thomas has been one of three to five finalists for […]

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