Veronica Chambers

New York

Editor, Narrative Projects at The New York Times

Editor, Narrative Projects @nytimes, author, Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb, 32 Yolks w/ @ericripert, @JSKStanford alum. I'm not a player but I create a lot.

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Articles

How Negro History Week Became Black History Month and Why It Matters Now - The New York Times

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Veronica Chambers |Jamiel Law

Black History Month has been celebrated in the United States for close to 100 years but what is it exactly and how did it begin?
As California Burns, ‘Octavia Tried to Tell Us’ Has New Meaning

Jan 18, 2025 | businessandamerica.com | Veronica Chambers

This article is also a weekly newsletter. Sign up for Race/Related here. In the wake of the devastating fires in Los Angeles, many people are referencing the work of the science fiction writer Octavia Butler. Butler, who grew up in Pasadena, was the daughter of a housekeeper and a father who was a shoeshiner. She went on to become the first science fiction writer to win a MacArthur “genius” award.
As California Burns, 'Octavia Tried to Tell Us' Has New Meaning

Jan 17, 2025 | nytimes.com | Veronica Chambers

The phrase, which gained momentum in 2020, has resurfaced, in part because it can seem like Octavia Butler was more than a fiction writer. Credit... Ainslee Alem Robson This article is also a weekly newsletter. Sign up for Race/Related here. In the wake of the devastating fires in Los Angeles, many people are referencing the work of the science fiction writer Octavia Butler. Butler, who grew up in Pasadena, was the daughter of a housekeeper and a father who was a shoeshiner.
When Nikki Giovanni Was Young, Brilliant and Unafraid

Dec 10, 2024 | nytimes.com | Veronica Chambers

In one five-minute exchange, Giovanni has brought to the fore questions of race, the constrictions of midcentury gender roles and gently , but powerfully, asked, "Who might we be outside of the hard histories we've been handed?" It was that combination of questions - a constant interrogation of heritage, inheritance and "dreaming as planning," to use the Gloria Steinem phrase - that gave Nikki Giovanni's work the kind of firepower that burned so brightly for more than 60 years, right up to...
The Best New Book Releases Out September 10, 2024

Sep 10, 2024 | bookriot.com | In Love |Veronica Chambers |Erica Ezeifedi

This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I feel like Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki-related things make one of the very few categories of stuff that I never tire of. Now, I’m not saying my house is decked out in Ghibli-themed decorations are anything, but I will click the hell out of an article telling me how to make it happen.
IDA, IN LOVE AND IN TROUBLE

May 30, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Veronica Chambers |Laura Nowlin |Holly Jackson

A vivid, timely, and immersive introduction to an activist and her enduring legacy. A fictionalized account of a pivotal decade in the life of pioneering journalist and suffragist Ida B. Wells, focusing on her burgeoning career and active love life. Born in Mississippi, the oldest in a large family, Wells lost her parents to yellow fever. She began her career as a schoolteacher in Memphis, Tennessee, a coveted position for a woman at the time.
Harlem was no longer the same after this dinner party

Apr 4, 2024 | messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com | Veronica Chambers

George Karger/Getty Images)/The Chronicle Collection, via Getty Images Harlem transformed By Veronica ChambersVeronica Chambers has spent decades studying the Harlem Renaissance As a kid growing up in Brooklyn, Harlem always seemed like a magical place. I learned about the Studio Museum in Harlem and artists like Alma Thomas and Romare Bearden.
Wonder Is Everywhere: Harlem Renaissance, the Return of the Ruby Slippers, and More From Around the Web

Mar 29, 2024 | atlasobscura.com | Veronica Chambers |Michelle May-Curry |Carmen Roberts |Devon Fredericksen

Okavango Delta, Botswana - August 2, 2022. Western Tourists travelling in a mokoro, along the delta. This type of travel is traditional among the locals of the delta. Wonder is everywhere. That’s why, every other week, Atlas Obscura drags you down some of the rabbit holes we encounter as we search for our unusual stories. We highlight surprising finds, great writing, and inspiring stories from some of our favorite publications.
FINISH THE FIGHT

Nov 7, 2023 | audiofilemagazine.com | Veronica Chambers

Midori Francis, Marisilda Garcia, Alicia Hall Moran, Mela Lee, and Tiana Carr combine to narrate this audiobook, which emphasizes the contributions of Asian, Black, Native American, Latinx, and other lesser-known women in the struggle for women's right to vote. Midori Francis exudes youth and earnestness in telling the story of Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a 16-year-old Chinese suffragist leader in New York's Chinatown.
A Love Letter to Hip-Hop

Aug 5, 2023 | nytimes.com | Veronica Chambers

U.S.|A Love Letter to Hip-Hophttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/us/hip-hop-rap-birthday.htmlrace/relatedHip-hop repeatedly taught a community, then a nation, then the world, how to dream. The Notorious B.I.G.Credit...Lisa LeoneAug. 5, 2023, 8:02 a.m. ETThis article is also a weekly newsletter. Sign up for Race/Related here. To celebrate hip-hop’s birthday, the Projects and Collaborations team asked Mahogany L.