Last year, more than 60% of top musicians were men. Next week's This Could Go Boom! festival will try to change that ratio.

Co-creators of “The Soul of Philanthropy” battle misconceptions that people must be rich to give and that Black communities ...

Here are some great choices for fiction, nonfiction, essays, memoir and more to keep you busy through the hot summer months.

Alice Dunbar Nelson was an influential African American poet, author, and activist whose work addressed themes of race, ...

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.

A Poetic Celebration of Place & Folk features 15 poets reflecting on Black history, neighborhoods and voices in Charlotte through a powerful, groundbreaking album of poetry and music. Join us for an ...

The Key to Everything,” by Margaret A. Brucia, is the first biography of May Swenson, a poet who fashioned her own unique ...

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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Honorée Fanonne Jeffers about her new book Misbehaving at the Crossroads: Essays & Writings.

Black women face disproportionate uterine cancer risks due to healthcare disparities and systemic barriers.

Forty-eight (48) interior pages total, all white with black type. The reverse has same style (black with white text) with two paragraphs about why the anthology was recommended by the University of ...

A veritable who’s who of the Santa Barbara poetry community will be reading at Chaucer’s Books on Tuesday night to celebrate the release of Women in a Golden State: California Poets at 60 and Beyond, ...