National Book Award-winner JAMES McBRIDE’s first book, “The Color of Water,” was a memoir about growing up in a Brooklyn housing project, one of twelve kids raised by his Jewish mother whose ...

Writer and musician McBride recounts a telling conversation with his mother: ""Am I Black or White?"" ""You're a human being. Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!"" With the help of two remarkable ...

The National Book Award-winning author James McBride has a new novel out, "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store." Like much of McBride’s work, it’s rooted in race, religion and personal history. Jeffrey ...

James McBride’s new book, Deacon King Kong, is set in a Brooklyn housing project much like the one he grew up in. Pic credit: @ImageCollect.com/Globe-Photos James ...

Read full article: Family sells plates of food to cover loved one’s funeral costs Kevin Duplechain, 44. NEW YORK – Oprah Winfrey has chosen James McBride's “Deacon King Kong” for her book club.

(CBS Local)-- In 2013, author James McBride won the National Book Award for his fiction novel "The Good Lord Bird." Seven years later, the book has been transformed into a mini-series on Showtime ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Three books that explore and celebrate the diversity of American culture were awarded Kirkus Prizes on Wednesday night, with each winner receiving $50,000. James McBride’s “The Heaven ...

In the midst of a pandemic, protests and racial unrest, best-selling author James McBride tells NPR's It's Been A Minute he is hopeful that Americans can come together. The bestselling author James ...

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