Mistreated by his publishers and employers, Joe Nazel strove to represent black history with his every word…
Category: Famous Black & African American Fiction Writers
Meet Radcliff – The Smooth Talkin’ Hitman Without a Conscience
A mysterious author with a cold, hard hitman creation. Discover who created the smoothest killer around.
The Tragic, Complicated Legacy of Iceberg Slim
Iceberg Slim exploded onto the writing scene with a smash-hit book that exposed life on the streets. But why is his legacy so complicated? And how did an author that sold over 6 million copies die in such poverty?
The FBI Doesn’t Want You to Read This Book
His book shook Washington DC to its core. The FBI pulled the movie from theatres. Find out how Sam Greenlee took on The Man with 182 pages.
He Wrote the First Detective Novel by a Black Author, But Tragedy Struck Soon After
Rudolph Fisher was a true renaissance man. Writer, orator, musician, physician, and radiologist. He did it all… And he was […]