This year marks the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth. If you have already devoured her complete works and then some, ...

Atlanta, the Visual Arts, and the National Black Arts Festival,” opening July 18 at Hammonds House Museum, they’ll encounter a dynamic cross-section of work by artists who helped define Atlanta’s ...

Black male authors have long held a mirror to society, documenting our struggles, joys, trauma, love and triumphs.

Find the answer for Movement in Black poet Parker from the people who brought you the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

I was never a gangster, I never sold drugs, I never carried a gun... I worked every day since the age of fifteen. I knew my virtues couldn't save me.

Her heritage, as a scion of Boston Brahmins and the mother of biracial children, shaped a discursive verse style that veiled ...

Frank Stanford, who killed himself at age 29, died far too young. Thanks to writer James McWilliams, the legendary Arkansas poet's short but colorful life is now documented in a monumental biography.

"As I was growing up, I began to be attracted to a certain kind of man," Lucinda Williams once wrote, "and I would maintain ...

Black Sparrow Press, a shoestring operation he ran out of his home, became one of the highest-profile small publishers in the ...

The Smithfield Public Art Walk, taking place on Saturday, July 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., will take place along Rev. Abraham ...

Whether exposing injustice, exploring identity, or telling unforgettable stories, these authors write with urgency and beauty.

"Our communities should not have to rest on one or two people. But what’s more, the fracturing has to end," Tai Amri ...