A new biography celebrates the life and legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who wrote about ordinary black life using extraordinary language.

A list of American author and activist Alice Walker's favorite books, from Elena Ferrante and Langston Hughes to Malala Yousafzai and Zora Neale Hurston.

JUNE 7 Franz X.Wagner’s typewheel indicator typewriter Today we salute Franz Xaver* Wagner, perhaps the greatest typewriter inventor of them all. Certainly typewriter historian Michael H. Adler seems to have no doubt. Referring to Wagner as “ubiquitous” (as well as “prolific and versatile”) on numerous occasions, in both of his definitive works, Adler said Wagner’s skill “placed him at the top of his profession”. Adler gives Wagner ultimate responsibility for the ultimate typewriter, the…

Read 10 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. Amiri Baraka - dramatist, poet, essayist, orator, and fiction writer - is one of the preemi…

On the 60th anniversary of the publication of the groundbreaking novel Giovanni’s Room, America seems to be in the throes of a Baldwin revival.

Oklahoma Center for the Humanities looks forward to presenting a virtual talk with Dr. DaMaris Hill, author of the award-winning narrative-in-verse A

Happy Working Woman Wednesday! Today we share a quote from the American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist, Alice Walker. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. #TheAutonomyGroup #TAG #WorkingWomanWednesday #AliceWalker #Alice #Walker #TheColorPurple #EverydayUse #InSearchofOurMothersGardens #AliceWalkerPoetry #AliceWalkerQuotes

“ Gordon Parks was the first African American photographer for LIFE magazine. A visual artist who captured the trials and joys of African Americans…He was the FIRST major African American director and...