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Carole V. Bell
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Recent Writing — Online Portfolio
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Find Carole V Bell's content all in one single place and follow all new content pieces via email, regardless where they are published.
A New National Museum of the American Latino Moves Forward as It Fights to Find Its Footing
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The National Museum of the American Latino, a new Smithsonian institution, has been trying to move forward this year, amid a number of challenges.
The best radical books of 2024
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In times rife with disinformation and grift, these six books deliver perspective, catharsis, and a deeper understanding of race in America.
Interview: ‘If We Are Brave’ explores the political souls of Black folks in Trump’s America
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In his new book, scholar and columnist Theodore Johnson helps us understand how Black men may vote for a demonstrated racist for president.
Review for NPR: 'Colored Television' is an ungentle satire set in post-post-racial America
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Danzy Senna's new novel is an exhilarating yet poignant riff on the struggling artist as a wannabe middle-aged sellout. The writing is endlessly quotable and meaningfully provocative.
Interview with Danzy Senna, author of Colored Television
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In Danzy Senna’s biting and hilarious fourth novel, Colored Television, a desperate literary writer gives the small screen a shot.
The Black Romance Podcast — Season Four
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Books Podcast · Updated Weekly · The Black Romance Podcast features weekly conversations with Black writers, editors, and scholars of historical and contemporary popular romance fiction. Julie Moody-Freeman and guests talk about a ra…
Review for The Emancipator: Mary McLeod Bethune gets her due in new biography
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Dr. Noliwe Rooks is correcting the history books about Bethune — the first Black woman to establish a Black college in the U.S.
A terrifying dystopia built from our own past and present - The Boston Globe
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In Mateo Askaripour's new novel, a violent and divided world is redeemed only by love.
The Black Romance Podcast Season Four: Tia Williams
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Podcast Episode · Black Romance Podcast · 07/16/2024 · 1h 19m
Akwaeke Emezi's novel 'Little Rot' is a thrilling but difficult descent into darkness
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The genre-hopping author's latest work is a literary thriller about love gone sour in Lagos, Nigeria.
NPR: Queenie's second life on screen gives her more room to grow
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An irresistible new Hulu series follows the quarter-life growing pains of a lonely South Londoner. It's based on a 2019 novel by showrunner Candice Carty-Williams.
Wash Post Review | ‘Swift River,’ a sparkling debut about a young girl you’ll never forget
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In Essie Chambers’s novel, Diamond Newberry learns about her family’s history seven years after her father disappeared.
The Boston Globe: 75 books we’re most excited to read this summer
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The Globe’s annual summer reading preview features 75 books — fiction, nonfiction, romance, and mystery — we think you’ll want to slip into that beach bag, backpack, or picnic basket.
Why Patricia Highsmith's most famous creature, Tom Ripley, continues to fascinate
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Sinister and visually stunning, the new Netflix series Ripley reminds us why Patricia Highsmith's book The Talented Mr. Ripley continues to influence popular culture.
NPR: ‘James' revisits Huck Finn's traveling companion, giving rise to a new classic
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In a fever dream of a retelling, America's new reigning king of satire has turned a loved classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, upside down, placing Huck's enslaved companion Jim at the center.
PERSONAL FAVORITES
NPR: ‘Anita de Monte Laughs Last' is a complex dissection of art, gender and marriage
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Xochitl Gonzalez's novel looking at relationship power dynamics is a thought-provoking and brilliantly entertaining triumph that surpasses the promise of her popular debut Olga Dies Dreaming.
NPR: Advice from a critic: Read 'Erasure' before seeing 'American Fiction'
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With the first Percival Everett-inspired screen adaptation American Fiction coming to theaters starting on Dec. 15, we're taking a moment to revisit his provocative and affecting satirical novel.
Oprah Daily: The Power of Percival Everett: America’s Incendiary Man of Letters
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The times are finally catching up to the satirical genius of this cult literary icon.
IndieWire: How Black Actors Broke Through in Old Hollywood — Day to Day, Role to Role
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That Black actors had limited opportunities in Hollywood movies of the '30s and ‘40s is known. What Black artists achieved cries out for rediscovery.
Hallmark's Monthlong Homage to Love and Jane Austen Includes a Reimagined Black Cast 'Sense and Sensibility' — NPR
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2023 was the year of the social thriller; My top six picks — The Boston Globe
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Why Kiley Reid's New novel ‘Come and Get It’ left me wanting - The Boston Globe
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BACKGROUND
Cvbell.com— Bio, Updates, Select Writing
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USF Faculty Bio: Carole V. Bell | Communication Department |
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MORE WRITING
Black Romance Authors and Editors Share Their Passion for Love Stories
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Books We Love by NPR
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Safiya Sinclair’s memoir, ‘How to Say Babylon,’ surpasses the hype
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Debut novel 'The God of Good Looks' adds to growing canon of Caribbean literature
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Reel Visibility: PW Talks with Tre’vell Anderson
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What to Read When You Need to Start Over
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NYTimes: Her Father Vanished. Years Later, Her Family Is Figuring Out How to Mourn.
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NPR: Dr. No is a delightfully escapist romp and an incisive sendup of espionage fiction
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Oprah Daily: Romances That Make You Feel the Love (the Real Love)
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Washington Post: ‘The House of Eve’ is a triumph of historical fiction Sadeqa Johnson’s novel is an affecting and arresting exploration of young Black womanhood and motherhood in the mid-20th century.
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Oprah Daily: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s Relentless Vision for Octavia Butler’s “Kindred”
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A Discerning Booklovers Guide to TV— Oprah Daily
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SOME OF MY FAVORITE PUBS
Oprah Daily: The Spectacular Legacy and Sparkling Future of “Queen Sugar”
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NYTimes: So You’re Rivals? And You’re Fake-Dating? Classic.
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BookPage Cover Story: This summer’s hottest read is Akwaeke Emezi’s first romance novel
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Oprah: Crime Fiction Goes Global and Diverse, as These 20 Books by Women Writers Show
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NPR: Five books at the intersection of Black feminist thought, culture, and politics
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The Atlantic: Love Stories in Literary Fiction. Five Books in Which Romance Sneaks Up on You
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NPR: Percival Everett's Latest Grounds Racial Allegory In History, Horror And Blood
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Essay: "I'm Rooting for Everybody Black" in the BLACK LOVE MATTERS Collection | Starred Review from Kirkus
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NPR: ‘Passing' — the original 1929 novel — is disturbingly brilliant
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New York Times: Review of Island Queen, a historical novel by Vanessa Riley
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theGrio Top 50: A Thematic Guide to the Best Books of Summer
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NPR: Review of Razorblade Tears
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New York Times: In Beverly Jenkins’s Romance Novels, Black History Is Front and Center
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Portfolio and Contributor Pages
Muckrack Writing Portfolio
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Carole V. Bell at Oprah Daily
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My Author Page at TheGrio
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Reviews for BookPage
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My Reviews excerpted on LitHub
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My Writing for Book Riot
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MEDIA AND MISCELLANY
Black Kiss-Story on NPR Code Switch
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CaribBelle Blog
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GoodReads
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