Jennifer Baker
Jennifer Baker is the author of Forgive Me Not (2023), editor of Everyday People: The Color of Life (2018), and host/creator of the Minorities in Publishing podcast. Her website is: jennifernbaker.com.
Articles
Black Women Are Being Erased in Book Publishing
Jun 19 - Jennifer Baker
Death and Grief Loops Over and Over Again in “The Furrows”
Oct 21 - Jennifer Baker
In “Milk Blood Heat,” The Body Keeps the Score
Feb 3 - Jennifer Baker
A New Graphic Novel Shows the History of the Black Panther Party
Jan 19 - Jennifer Baker
Stories Happen in the Space Between How We Feel and What We Say
Nov 20 - Jennifer Baker
The National Book Awards Put Black Lives at the Center
Nov 19 - Jennifer Baker
12 Mystery Novels Featuring Black, Indigenous, and POC Protagonists
Oct 16 - Jennifer Baker
It’s Time for Disabled Writers to Tell Their Own Stories
Aug 19 - Jennifer Baker
Following Black Generational Trauma Across the Country
Aug 11 - Jennifer Baker
Why Akwaeke Emezi Killed Their Main Character on Page One
Aug 6 - Jennifer Baker
Toni Morrison Let Us Know We Are More Than the Work We Do
Aug 5 - Jennifer Baker
24 New and Forthcoming Books That Celebrate Black Lives
Jun 5 - Jennifer Baker
Black Women Poets Will Start the Revolution
Feb 27 - Jennifer Baker
A Superhero Fueled by Righteous Anger
Jan 30 - Jennifer Baker
Celebrate Zora Neale Hurston’s Posthumous Legacy
Jan 7 - Jennifer Baker
A Fantasy Novel That Forces Us to Face Reality
Dec 5 - Jennifer Baker
A Restless Housewife, a Closeted Vagabond, and Lady Luck
Nov 21 - Jennifer Baker
How to Write a Finite Book About a Neverending War
Sep 26 - Jennifer Baker
Writing About Mental Illness from the Inside
Sep 12 - Jennifer Baker
In ‘The Pretty One,’ Keah Brown Stands Front and Center
Aug 23 - Jennifer Baker
A Conversation with Native Voices at the Center
Aug 8 - Jennifer Baker
Two Families Linked By Secrets, Deaths, and Regrets
Aug 5 - Jennifer Baker
18 Inclusive Anthologies That Highlight Underrepresented Voices
May 31 - Jennifer Baker
The Doomed Friendship That Helped Define African American Literature
May 30 - Jennifer Baker
New Literary Festivals Lead the Way by Celebrating Diversity
Apr 19 - Jennifer Baker
Helen Oyeyemi’s Dark, Delicious Fairy Tale
Apr 2 - Jennifer Baker
Black Women Novelists You Should Be Reading
Mar 29 - Jennifer Baker
Mira Jacob’s Graphic Memoir “Good Talk” Makes Awkward Conversations Beautiful
Mar 28 - Jennifer Baker
“The Old Drift” Is the Great Zambian Novel We Didn’t Know We Needed
Mar 27 - Jennifer Baker
Bridgett M. Davis Explores a Family Secret: Her Mother’s Illegal Lottery
Jan 29 - Jennifer Baker
Just Saying You’re a Feminist Isn’t Enough
Jan 10 - Jennifer Baker
Humans Made of Memories
Jan 8 - Jennifer Baker
The Quiet Drama of Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Nov 27 - Jennifer Baker
The 2018 National Book Awards Were Full of Firsts—But Also Seconds and Thirds
Nov 19 - Jennifer Baker
This Anthology Is the Black Women’s Book Club You Always Wanted
Nov 6 - Jennifer Baker
Is It Possible to Write a Truthful Memoir?
Oct 18 - Jennifer Baker
‘Black Liberation Means the Freedom to Figure Things Out For Ourselves’
Sep 10 - Jennifer Baker
If You Know How to Date, You Know How to Find a Literary Agent
Sep 5 - Jennifer Baker
When Black Characters Wear White Masks
Aug 20 - Jennifer Baker
Brooklyn Literary Spaces That Have Survived Gentrification
Aug 3 - Jennifer Baker
How Gentrification Changed the Brooklyn Literary Scene
Aug 2 - Jennifer Baker
9 Books to Expand Your Idea of What Feminism Looks Like
Jul 5 - Jennifer Baker
Rahul Mehta Is an Outsider Among Outsiders
May 1 - Jennifer Baker
Brendan Kiely Uses His Privilege to Interrogate Privilege
Apr 30 - Jennifer Baker
If You Know, Love, or Are a Black Man, Jamel Brinkley‘s Stories Will Feel Like Home
Apr 9 - Jennifer Baker
It’s Okay If Writing Doesn’t Make You Happy
Mar 8 - Jennifer Baker
There’s a Harlem Renaissance Resurgence Happening Today
Feb 28 - Jennifer Baker
How the Bronx is Building a Vibrant Literary Community
Feb 14 - Jennifer Baker
Morgan Jerkins Is Putting In the Work
Feb 12 - Jennifer Baker
Tayari Jones Writes About People with Problems, Not Problems with People
Feb 6 - Jennifer Baker
9 Essayists of Color You Should Know About
Dec 14 - Jennifer Baker
How Indie Presses Are Elevating the Publishing World
Dec 13 - Jennifer Baker
Poetry Is For Everyone
Nov 27 - Jennifer Baker
Jesmyn Ward’s Story of Rejection and Perseverance is Familiar to Black Writers
Nov 21 - Jennifer Baker
The Case Against Adjectives
Nov 15 - Jennifer Baker
How Long Is Writing Supposed to Take?
Nov 2 - Jennifer Baker
Zadie Smith Will Be Awarded the 2017 Langston Hughes Medal
Oct 27 - Jennifer Baker
When It Comes to Inclusivity in Publishing, Editors Also Play a Role
Oct 25 - Jennifer Baker
How Jesmyn Ward Brings Writing to Life
Oct 4 - Jennifer Baker
Yahdon Israel Is Making Literature Camera-Ready
Sep 27 - Jennifer Baker
Art Must Engage With Black Vitality, Not Just Black Pain
Sep 21 - Jennifer Baker
