Ralph Ellison (1913-1994) was a Black author known for writing “Invisible Man,” the 1953 National Book Award winner and an influential work in American literature. Like much of Ellison’s ...

Books have the ability to heal and transform. As the country combats politically and racially driven book bans, it only ...

The power of storytelling has always been at the heart of Black resistance. Long before social media activism and viral ...

This volume reframes mid-century African American literature and challenges our current ... and revolutionary imaginaries. Chapters explore how Black literature was being produced and circulated; how ...

In a publishing industry long critiqued for its lack of diversity, a transformative initiative is reshaping opportunities for ...

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The American black bear is a medium-sized bear native to North America. It is the continent’s smallest and most widely distributed bear species. Black bears are omnivores with their diets ...

Kenton studies Black Appalachian literature (specifically the work of the Affrilachian collective), and his work investigates the historical link between mainstream cultural representations of ...

“There’s a weird dichotomy that happens, where you can have people who are black Jewish authors, but they are never considered part of Jewish American literature,” Rishon said. “James ...