Essence magazine honors Terry McMillan
NEW YORK (AP) -February 7, 2008 "No single writer today has documented the African-American
experience from a contemporary black women's point of view like
Terry McMillan," said Patrik Henry Bass, a senior editor at
Essence for books and art.
McMillan's best-known books are "How Stella Got Her Groove
Back" and "Waiting to Exhale." Both were made into movies.
McMillan, 56, has a long history with Essence. As a journalism
student at the University of California at Berkeley, McMillan won
an Essence essay contest in 1974 for a piece on black male-female
relationships.
The award-winning author and nominees in eight other literary
categories were nominated by the editors of Essence. Afterward, a
panel of experts in the black publishing field selected the
winners.
McMillan and the other winners were to attend the Essence
Literary Awards ceremony Thursday evening.
