The author's vivid, fluid Fish Tales was reissued this spring to great acclaim. Here, the master writer discusses her life, the power of audacity, and how to write sex on the page ...

The resilience, faith and purity of African American hymns come to life at the Historic Ward Rooming House with “Precious ...

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

Toni at Random,” “How Things Are Made,” “The House on Buzzards Bay,” and “Endling.” ...

Every week, critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from ...

Literary experts at the Capital Area District Libraries recommend these titles to jumpstart your summer reading ...

In her new book, “Toni at Random,” Dana A. Williams highlights the groundbreaking writer’s time working in publishing.

Amari Johnson’s debut book “Under a Black Star” explores Black marronage and the pursuit of community autonomy for New ...

Dennis’s work has been the subject of three solo exhibitions – UNDERSTUDIES at Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town, overturns at Swiss ...

Literature becomes real when it speaks both to and through the student reading it. That is the essence of education. Opinion: We desegregated schools 71 years ago.We still have more work to do.

If I ask students to consider the historical roots of injustice in a work by August Wilson or Toni Cade Bambara, could that be construed as “promoting a theory” rather than simply exposing ...

If I ask students to consider the historical roots of injustice in a work by August Wilson or Toni Cade Bambara, could that be construed as “promoting a theory” rather than simply exposing ...