The Prototype Prize short-form category winner traces early 20th-century trans histories through institutional archives and poetry ...

Ana Maria Gonçalves has become the first Black woman elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters, which was established in 1897 and modeled after the Académie Française. The 54-year-old Brazilian ...

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.

Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by . Uncover expert takes and answers in our crossword blog.

"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 ...