What does war look like from the inside? Ask Congo’s young slam poets.

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A timely new exhibit surveys the work of a committed champion of the oppressed and marginalized.

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PERFECTION, by Vincenzo Latronico. Translated by Sophie Hughes.

Veteran Opera Theatre St. Louis attendees have known Brownlee for decades; as a Gerdine Young Artist in 1999 and 2000, he ...

National Book Award-winning novel, 'James,' Percival Everett grapples with philosophical and metaphysical questions as well ...

Vincenzo Latronico’s slender volume captures a culture of exquisite taste, tender sensitivities, and gnawing discontent.

Donald Trump may be behaving like a crazed and rampaging Republican elephant at the moment but it is difficult to fault his or Marco Rubio’s opinions on South Africa; particularly as we appear to be ...

Sir Ben was knighted in 2023 for services to literature. He lives in west London with his partner and their eight-year-old ...

Both are referring to the Baobab House, a beloved cultural space in South Sudan's capital, Juba, that has become a haven for a new generation of South Sudanese creators using artistic expression as a ...