10 Black Women Writers You Should Read Right Now

10 Black Women Writers You Should Read Right Now

Tuesday, Jan 07, 2020


The ZORA Canon, our first-of-its-kind list of the 100 most important books written by Black American women, celebrates established literary giants. To shine a light on the next generation of greats, we asked a few of our contributors and columnists — Feminista Jones, L’Oreal Thompson Payton, Erika Stallings, and Danielle Jackson — to point us toward the writers whose literary futures they believe are shining most brightly. Here are their selections.

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