VOLUNTEER DAYS: Youths ages 14 to 18 can earn service-learning hours at the New Orleans Public Library’s teen volunteer days, ...

Former pharmacist and debut author Jane Yang’s new sweeping historical novel, The Lotus Shoes (Park Row Books, Jan. 2025), is ...

Like many middle-class white kids who grew up in the suburban South in the ‘60s, my family employed a Black housekeeper, although “maid” was the word we used back then. Her name was Mae, and one ...

David Elmo Cooper, hailing from Brooklyn, New York, discovered his love of art, specifically comic books and graffiti, at a ...

A Staunton woman has evolved from a writer into an author. Kalela Williams, 45, published her first novel, “Tangleroot,” ...

Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Book bans in U.S. schools and libraries during the 2021-22 school year disproportionately targeted children’s books written by people of color – especially women of color – ...

Racism was not addressed in Jean-Marie Salem's family growing up. It wasn't until she found her birth family that she felt ...

The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

With Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans controlling the Senate, an increase in book bans is a serious threat.

Black women have been at the crux of American culture for nearly two centuries. Our resilience, resistance, intelligence, grace.

The book fair draws book lovers to see authors from every genre, from non-fiction to fantasy. Some of the best children’s book authors will speak, including Susan Rose and Silvia Lopez ...