[By Howard Rambsy]
1996 – The White Boy Shuffle by
Paul Beatty is published.
Paul Beatty is published.
1996 – Oprah Winfrey starts “Oprah’s Book Club,” featuring book for
her viewers to read and discuss.
her viewers to read and discuss.
1996 – Oprah’s Book Club features Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon (1977) in October.
1997 – Oprah’s Book Club features Ernest Gaines’s A Lesson Before Dying (1993) in
September.
September.
1997 – Paradise by Toni
Morrison is published.
Morrison is published.
1998 – Oprah’s Book Club
features Toni Morrison’s Paradise (1997)
in January.
features Toni Morrison’s Paradise (1997)
in January.
1998 – Kevin Rodney directs How
Stella Got Her Groove Back based on Terry McMillan. Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs,
and Whoopi Goldberg star in the film.
Stella Got Her Groove Back based on Terry McMillan. Angela Bassett, Taye Diggs,
and Whoopi Goldberg star in the film.
1998 – Oprah’s Book Club features Edwidge Danticat’s Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994) in May.
1999 – The Intuitionist by
Colson Whitehead is published.
Colson Whitehead is published.
2000 – Oprah’s Book Club features Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye (1970) in April.
2000 – The Coldest Winter
Ever by Sister Souljah is published.
Ever by Sister Souljah is published.
2001 – John Henry Days by
Colson Whitehead is published.
Colson Whitehead is published.
2002 – Colson Whitehead receives a MacArthur Fellowship.
2002 – Oprah’s Book Club features Toni Morrison’s Sula (1973) in April.
2002
–
Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones is
published.
–
Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones is
published.
2003
– Getting
Mother’s Body by Suzan-Lori Parks is published.
– Getting
Mother’s Body by Suzan-Lori Parks is published.
2003
– Love
by Toni Morrison is published.
– Love
by Toni Morrison is published.
2003
– The
Known World by Edward P. Jones is published.
– The
Known World by Edward P. Jones is published.
2004
– Edward Jones is awarded the National
Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in for The Known World (2003).
– Edward Jones is awarded the National
Book Critics Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in for The Known World (2003).
2007
– Apex
Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead is published.
– Apex
Hides the Hurt by Colson Whitehead is published.
2008
– A
Father’s Law by Richard Wright is posthumously published.
– A
Father’s Law by Richard Wright is posthumously published.
2008
– A
Mercy by Toni Morrison is published.
– A
Mercy by Toni Morrison is published.
2009
– Sag
Harbor by Colson Whitehead is published.
– Sag
Harbor by Colson Whitehead is published.
2011 – Zone One by Colson
Whitehead is published.
Whitehead is published.
2011 – Salvage the Bones by
Jesmyn Ward is published.
Jesmyn Ward is published.