Marina Magloire

is an assistant professor of English at Emory University. Her first book, We Pursue Our Magic: A Spiritual History of Black Feminism, is forthcoming from University of North Carolina Press.

Nikki Giovanni standing by the lectern and woman singing during a performance at The Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival., 1973.

How Black Women Writers Got It Done How Black Women Writers Got It Done

Claudia Tate’s 1983 collection of interviews is an important look into the trials writers like Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou faced on their way to mainstream acceptance.

Jun 6, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Marina Magloire

The Malaise, Mess, and Art of Black Millennial Womanhood

The Malaise, Mess, and Art of Black Millennial Womanhood The Malaise, Mess, and Art of Black Millennial Womanhood

Chantal V. Johnson's debut novel typifies an emerging genre in fiction, one that interrogates the intimate and creative life of Black cosmopolitan women.

Nov 23, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Marina Magloire

Lucille Clifton and the Task of Remembering

Lucille Clifton and the Task of Remembering Lucille Clifton and the Task of Remembering

The poet’s memoir Generations is both a chronicle of her ancestral lineage and lesson in the centrality of Black women to the story of American history.

Jan 12, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Marina Magloire

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