Phillis wheatley book award

African american literature book club celebrating our literary legacy since 1997 black literature is for everyone african american literature book club. Lucy negro, redux is currently being adapted as a ballet by the nashville ballet. Gather at the table is an honest exploration into the deep social wounds left by racism, violence and injustice, as the authors work through their own prejudices in search of reconciliation and ultimately find friendship. The award, named for the first published africanamerican female writer, is.

Eddie mark is an award winning african american author. Bright is a phillis wheatley book award finalist jump in studio. The harlem book fair is the largest african american book fair in the united states and the wheatley awards are named in honor of american. To submit a book for consideration, please send a copy of the book or galley proof, to p. The qbr 2015 phyllis wheatley book award program winners nwu. A panel discussion was held on the future of black publishing. The phillis wheatley book award winners are announced, annually, during the harlem book fair. Phillis wheatley book awards winning books at the harlem book fair phillis wheatley book awards. The phillis wheatley book award is given to books published within the last five years covering the topic of american slavery.

After being kidnapped from west africa and enslaved in boston, phillis wheatley became the first african american and one of the first women to publish a book of poetry in the colonies in 1773. Cradled embers won the 2017 phillis wheatley book award for first fiction. In february, 2016, soul food love received the naacp image award in literature instructional. Follow jeffery faulkerson and explore their bibliography from s jeffery faulkerson author page. In 2015, her book of poetry, lucy negro redux was published by ampersand books. The presentation of the phillis wheatley book awards opened the 12th annual harlem book fair. In the past, the phillis wheatley award was given as an honor to authors.

Two of the greatest influences on phillis wheatleys thought and poetry were the bible and 18thcentury evangelical christianity. Phillis wheatley, the slave girl who became a literary sensation. He has received a national jewish book award and two sydney taylor gold medals and two silver from the association of jewish libraries. His novel, the garden of unfortunate souls, won the 2016 phillis wheatley book award for first fiction. Brooke obie, jd, mfa managing editor shadow and act. During the 2017 harlem book fair, brooke obies debut novel book of addis.