Black Quote by N. K. Jemisin

“In America the magazines in which one can frequently publish stories or poems about Negroes are very few, and most of these do not…

— Langston Hughes

“Throughout my life as I’ve sought to become a published writer of speculative fiction, my strongest detractors and discouragers have been other African Americans.…

— N.K. Jemisin

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience.

— Anonymous

I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.

— Katori Hall

Most writers stick to what they know. The black experience is our experience, so it's not that challenging for us. That's why sometimes you'll…

— Lena Waithe

I don't think there is any such thing as a black writer or a white writer. Ultimately, there is someone whom one reads.

— Derek Walcott

Many theaters are tackling the multifaceted work of black writers - established and emerging. Now the next step is for them to bring in…

— Katori Hall

But when I do book signings and personal appearances, the audiences are mostly white. Growing up here, I expected that and understand it. Black…

— George Pelecanos

Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Do you know that there are libraries in our country…

— Langston Hughes

There's probably more of a struggle to get material and narratives published that really speak to black culture. And that has a lot to…

— Jerry Pinkney

Of course I'm a black writer. I'm not just a black writer, but categories like black writer, woman writer and Latin American writer aren't…

— Toni Morrison

You've got to give people an opportunity. But I also think that a lot of black writers don't know how to submit themselves.

— Deon Cole