Trotwood resident Jameelah Ricks gave up the paralegal profession in 2022 to become a full-time poet, writer and entrepreneur.

Hughes moved to Harlem ... of Black America. His poetry and essays captured the vibrancy and struggles of Black life in America, the university writes, providing a voice to a generation that ...

Barry Michael Cooper, a pioneering journalist and screenwriter, died on Tuesday, Jan. 21, in Baltimore, Md., at 66.

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Zwerin pieced together “Gimme Shelter” in a cruddy room at the Londonderry Hotel, the film cannisters piled on windowsills.

In one-man show at Chicago Shakespeare, writer-performer Michael Shayan embodies his Jewish Iranian mother and keeps the ...

In 2024, the label celebrated its 60th anniversary. Now, the question of whether this treasure trove of Latin culture is ...

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