Denene Millner

Feb 3, 2024 | people.com | Denene Millner |Carly Tagen-Dye

Photo: Erskine Issac for iVision PhotoDenene Millner recalls the moment she sat with Taraji P. Henson as they cried together. “She was talking about the death of the father of her son and how…he would make rubber band balls for her son,” Millner tells PEOPLE.

Nov 30, 2023 | theroot.com | Angela Johnson |Denene Millner |Jesmyn Ward |Jaqueline Woodson

It’s almost time to close the books on 2023 (I know, and I haven’t even started my holiday shopping!). But before we do, I had to take some time to shout out some of the amazing books by Black authors that dropped this year. From moving memoirs to touching romances, there was something for everyone. I was so busy reading I almost forgot there was an actor and writer’s strike going on.

Nov 19, 2023 | abc7ny.com | Sandra Bookman |Denene Millner

NEW YORK (WABC) -- On this episode of Here and Now, we discuss combating domestic violence in New York City. Urban Resource Institute, an organization that helps transform the lives of domestic violence survivors and homeless families - with a focus on communities of color and other vulnerable populations - is the largest domestic violence shelter service in the country. It focuses on gender-based violence and homelessness and is the city's only co-living program for survivors and pets.

Nov 10, 2023 | books.disney.com | Denene Millner |Charles Soule |Ashley Franklin |Kirk Reedstrom

The second book in a laugh-out-loud early graphic novel series perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly! Quiet-loving Moose’s life is turned upside down by free-wheeling Duck. The two will need to put their differences aside if they’re ever going to be neighbors…or friends!Moose loves playing astronaut. Imagining his helmet, his seatbelt, and rocketing off into space are his favorite things to do! One day, Moose invites Duck to play with him.

Oct 31, 2023 | historicalnovelsociety.org | Bywater Books |Lara Byrne |Denene Millner |Alana White

Lolo and Tommy’s marriage begins with a lie, originating in Lolo’s abusive childhood, the scars of which prevent pregnancy. But it isn’t her lie alone which echoes down the years. Carrying childhood trauma into adulthood, Lolo is obsessively fearful of the vulnerability of girlhood, womanhood, and their dangerous combination with Blackness. She convinces Tommy he is the cause of their infertility.