Storyteller and bookseller Katie Mitchell honors over fifty Black bookstores in her new book, exploring their role in shaping ...

Black literature ... color blue in Black history and culture, both as a symbol of hope and clarity and as one of melancholy and heartbreak. Perry, who won the National Book Award for nonfiction ...

Fabu emphasizes the importance of sharing poetry and literature specifically during Black History Month because ... She has two books recognizing Mary Lou Williams, a child prodigy.

In honor of Women’s History Month, we spoke with seven creators of picture book biographies highlighting overlooked female figures in history.

Visitors to the Library of Virginia can talk with authors about the history and culture of Appalachia, Black culinary history ...

Black American novelists, filmmakers and other writers are using comedy to reveal — and combat — our era’s disturbing ...

From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf The greatest poetry books ever written I remember the first time I picked up ...

The job of a poet laureate is to engage Illinoisans in poetry, with each poet laureate given a small stipend to enact that ...

This group is not only preserving the arts; they're safeguarding truth, and ensuring our collective future remains as bold, boundless, and Black as it has always been ...

Poets Safia Elhillo, Jamila Woods and members of the Stanford Spoken Word Collective shared poems both personal and political ...

Does history repeat itself? Or does it rhyme? WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends eight books that remind ...