Susan Mayberry, Jane Peterson Professor of the Humanities in Alfred University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, was recognized for her ...

From John O’Hara to Claire Jiménez, via Nabokov and Maya Angelou, these works showcase cultural cross-over in American ...

Imani Perry’s essay collection “Black in Blues” threads together the cultures and lore of the Black diaspora into an ...

This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went ...

The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the top books, digital media, video and audio books for children and ...

The 2025 winner is Carole Boston Weatherford. Her award-winning works include Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, which won ...

Carole Boston Weatherford is the winner of the 2025 Children's Literature Legacy Award honoring an author or illustrator, ...

Wanda Cox-Bailey hosts a free Lunchbox Lecture at the City of Raleigh Museum focused on African American history.

For authors and readers of Cuban-American literature, home is a central theme and a concept which creates complications for ...

In “Bright Circle,” Randall Fuller shines a light on the women behind — and before — the male philosophers of 19th-century ...

Bill Ayers in conversation with Martha Biondi. On a frigid Tuesday evening in Evanston, a group of literature and activism ...

Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling author and noted scholar, is the City College of New York's 2025 Langston Hughes ...