I'm a black writer from Mississippi. That's what I most consider myself. — Kiese Laymon Copy Share Image
There's an inherent idea that if a Black executive producer and a Black director are going to do a movie based on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I am not defined as a black writer in the Caribbean, but as soon as I go to America or the U.K.,… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
I don't think there is any such thing as a black writer or a white writer. Ultimately, there is someone whom one… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
I feel like I'm put in a position where I have to engage with what people bring to my work, which is… — Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Copy Share Image
I started writing in the '90s, so I was free to just have an eccentric career and not conform to some idea… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
“African-American writers with an independent vision are often consigned to obscurity. The white critics can only tolerate one black writer at a… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
These days I find myself wanting to avoid being pigeon-holed, ghettoized, held in a different category than other authors. And when people… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Of course I'm a black writer. I'm not just a black writer, but categories like black writer, woman writer and Latin American… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
At some point along the way, I stopped being a writer, and I became a black writer. I never used to be… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
