The 2019 adult novel by Candice Carty-Williams follows a 25-year-old Black British-Jamaican woman named Queenie Jenkins, who's having a pretty lousy year. From a messy breakup with her long-term ...

Despite evoking both myth and reality, Black women have been actively working toward retiring the "strong Black woman" archetype. While often glorified as a symbol of resilience, the label was ...

In 2020, Candice Carty-Williams became the first Black author to win Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. This year, she's bringing her winning novel Queenie — originally marketed as the ...

Queenie is the debut novel by Candice Carty-Williams, a darkly comic and unflinchingly raw depiction of a young woman trying to navigate her way in the world. Queenie is a story about identity ...

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Host Deepa Fernandes speaks with Mayukh Sen about his new book, "Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star." The book tells how Oberon, who was born in India and whose mother ...

The chroniclers of classic-era Hollywood have never quite known what to do with Merle Oberon. A star whose beauty was celebrated, whose acting was tolerable and whose late-life vanity made her ...

Queenie is the debut novel by Candice Carty-Williams, a darkly comic and unflinchingly raw depiction of a young woman trying to navigate her way in the world.