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     The Day the Library Died: Unprecedented Wave of Censorship and Banning of Books
    Marita Golden April 13, 2022 Black Books, Books

    The Day the Library Died: Unprecedented Wave of Censorship and Banning of Books

    When I was a public-school student in Washington, D.C. the school library was a sacred space. Throughout my years in elementary, junior high, and high school, the school library was where I went to find myself in someone else’s story.…

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     The Truth About Self-Publishing
    Marita Golden March 2, 2022 Authors, Black Women Authors, Writing Community

    The Truth About Self-Publishing

    In this month’s blog post I continue last month’s topic about the publishing industry and focus on self-publishing. The self-publishing industry is a 26 billion dollar industry. Four million self-published books were released in 2019. Self-publishing by working with an…

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     Why It’s So Hard to Get Published
    Marita Golden February 2, 2022 Self-Publishing, Writing a Book

    Why It’s So Hard to Get Published

    The publishing industry is a complicated industrial complex with many different players. I like to talk honestly with those who want to write about how the industry works and why it can be so difficult to get published. You’ve written…

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     How to BE a Writer (Part Two)
    Marita Golden December 2, 2021 Creative Writing, How to Write, Marita Golden

    How to BE a Writer (Part Two)

    Be Your Mentor I hit the mentor jackpot early. In my twenties, while living young gifted, and Black in New York City, I met the groundbreaking feminist poet Audre Lorde, and the master teacher, poet, and social activist June Jordan.…

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     How to BE a Writer (Part One)
    Marita Golden October 6, 2021 Creative Writing, How to Write

    How to BE a Writer (Part One)

    Write what you know BUT your deepest writing and knowledge of your story springs from piercing the fog of mystery surrounding what you don’t know…even when you think you do. Write What You Don’t Know Write the story of the…

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