Honoring Black Excellence: Porscha Burke & The Power of Storytelling

Join us in celebrating Porscha Burke’s contributions to storytelling, representation, and the enduring legacy of Black history. 

This Black History Month, The Dr. Maya Angelou Foundation proudly celebrates Black Futures, Black Presence, and Black History by recognizing those who inspire, uplift, and shape our communities.

We are honored to highlight Porscha Burke, a literary powerhouse whose work continues to amplify Black voices and preserve legacies.

Porscha Burke is Associate Publisher of Storehouse Voices, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group at Penguin Random House—where, since 2004, she has supported publishing executives and acquired and edited works by Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Jon Meacham, Candice Benbow, Bryant Terry, Kathy Iandoli, Queen Afua, Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. and Christopher Benson, Connie Briscoe and Milton Washington, David E. Talbert, and Arian Simone, among others. Dr. Angelou’s last frontlist editor at Random House and secretary of the Dr. Maya Angelou Foundation, Porscha curated Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou and a gift product series based on the phenomenal legend’s published works. She also spearheaded the publication of new editions of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and The Black Book. Championing the publishing industry’s mission to increase diversity in its staff, content, and audience reach, Porscha served as an inaugural board member of People of Color in Publishing and Penguin Random House’s DEI Council. A Queens, New York native and University of Virginia graduate, Porscha received her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College, where she currently teaches.