EDWARDSVILLE Southern Illinois University Edwardsville has been awarded a $1.6 million grant from the Mellon Foundation ...

New books by JM Coetzee and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o look at the global dominance of English and the complicated job of translation ...

From a mermaid's tale of self-discovery to a Toni Cade Bambara biography, city filmmakers are telling stories that meet the pulse of the times.

If you’re a Black writer, musician, podcaster or artist and don’t feel like you’re being heard, Tamika Jamison’s got you. The ...

McWhorter: In 1988, when the Rev. Jesse Jackson had a massive influence on the Black community, he basically declared that we ...

Hogan has died at the age of 71. Sources close to the situation say he passed from a heart attack amidst being a legendary racist, a union-busting snitch, and a MAGA-fied relic who somehow still thoug ...

The clutch of children is at the creaky bridge, Readying for the nervous tiptoe to the other side, To the forlorn crumbling ...

In his book ‘Black Genius,’ Tre Johnson celebrates joy and resilience in New Jersey classrooms, at Solange concerts and amid street festival crowds.

The Nobel Prize in Literature, along with writer and translator Mariana Dimópulos, publishes a fascinating exchange of ideas ...

Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X. Walker will visit western Kentucky for two public events in August and September, offering ...

When Ruth spots Maria in the line to get clothes for the new school year as a child, she’s immediately entranced. Not for any ...