Lit Louisiana: Offering direction to Black authors

by Fatima Shaik October 17, 2023June 10, 2024

Lit Louisiana highlights the state’s contemporary literature and brings significant books and authors from the past to the readers of Verite. Jericho Brown, a Shreveport native, is well known for his poetry. His collection,“The Tradition,” won the Pulitzer Prize in 2020 and was named among the 100 Notable Books of the Year by The New […]

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Lit Louisiana: New Orleans writer among few women to gain fame during Harlem Renaissance

by Fatima Shaik September 19, 2023August 13, 2024