Put simply, art is a living tissue, produced in such risky circumstances one is perpetually at risk of detention or torture ...

Livelihood diversity wasn't just a feature of ancient African societies; it was key to survival. New research covering ...

“Before anyone finds out how high they can climb, Nell picks up a seed,” begins the cumulative tale of Austinite Anne Wynter’s award-winning picture book, nell plants a tree. In Wynter’s story, Nell ...

The Austin African American Book Festival is back again for its 19th year this Saturday at the Carver Museum. Dr. Rosalind Oliphant, founder & director of the Festival, joined us, along with ...

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

It is a privilege to have received the opportunity to give the first distinguished lecture at Karl Kumm University at Vom under the leadership of Professor Audu Nanven Gambo. It was such an exciting ...

Toni Morrison was an editor for 12 years, even as she wrote her own masterpieces. I spoke to her authors about what it was ...

Fresh from its successful run at the 32nd African Film Festival in New York, the feature film The Man Died returns to the American cultural circuit as part of the African Diaspora International Film ...

How do you follow a Booker Prize win? When, after claiming the award in 2015 with the wonderful A Brief History of Seven Killings, the Jamaican author Marlon James declared that he was going to write ...

The star-studded announcement for Charleston Literary Festival 2025 features literary giants Joyce Carol Oates, Colum McCann, ...

Across three decades of democracy, South Africa has – like many places undergoing complex and uneven social change – seen an outpouring of remarkable nonfiction. The Interpreters is a new book that ...