The acclaimed author and literary oracle discusses how her life has mirrored her art, and the “catastrophes and stupid things ...

Capital Area District Libraries’ expert selectors have curated a dynamic Black History Month reading list for all ages, ...

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Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

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Few individuals have left an impact as great as Maya Angelou across so many sectors. Best known for her autobiographical ...

LAbased photographer Arjun Kamath has beautifully depicted the agony of samesex lovers in his powerful photo series The photo ...

In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” rare-book dealer Rebecca Romney discovers overlooked women authors who inspired the famous ...

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“The Diamond Mine” offers a brief, dreamy chronicle of a teenage girl’s sexual awakening with an Afrikaans soldier about to ...

The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

When it was announced that Ali was judging the contest, Ali had some writing advice to offer students thinking of entering. "As a reader, I never judge a book by its cover. Instead, after locking eyes ...