Atlanta-based poet and artist W.J. Lofton ‘s third collection of poetry, “boy maybe,” includes 51 poems that take his readers on an emotional roller coaster exploring grief, love, police brutality and ...
Atlanta author and bookseller Katie Mitchell likes to tell an identity-defining story about her childhood that often pleasantly shocks listeners.
Staceyann Chin reflects on writing, identity, performance, activism, and the complexities of family, history, and resistance.
Mildred Barya is a Ugandan poet and fiction writer who has authored three poetry books: "Give Me Room to Move My Feet," "The ...
Discover the often-overlooked contributions of Black women to the suffrage movement, highlighting their activism and efforts for equal rights.
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Yusef Salaam addressed an intimate audience at Detroit’s Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if ...
My grandparents emigrated from Counties Sligo, Limerick, and Cork. Fittingly, the first book I took out of the children’s ...
It has been 10 years since the late great Canadian poet singer Leonard Cohen wrote the poem “Kanye West Is Not Picasso,” and ...
Phillis Wheatley-Peters was kidnapped as a child from West Africa and sold into slavery in Boston. Despite systemic ...
National Book Award-winning novel, 'James,' Percival Everett grapples with philosophical and metaphysical questions as well ...