In 1975, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes laid down a melodic mandate that applies to our times: “Wake up, everybody / No more ...

Words and Music Festival in New Orleans honors civil rights activist and author Kalamu ya Salaam and New Orleans authors ...

Story via Arshia Simkin, The Underline, Gideon Young wears many hats: he’s a father, a writer, a poet, an educator (he’s an ...

Professor Noel Chabani Manganyi, who died last month at the age of 84, was a torch-bearer in psychology, literature and ...

Remember, learning to spell Mississippi? Over the last few years as I have been reading, studying and writing about the work of William Faulkner and other southern writers, I have ...

Three African-American women in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance in 1925 NOVEMBER 13 1839—The Liberty Party—the nation’s ...

Poet and multimedia artist who spends part of her time on the Oneida reservation in Green Bay, Wis., launches her poetry ...

In ‘Selected Amazon Reviews,’ Kevin Killian carves out a leaned and funny space of his own within the corridors of capitalism ...

the city was a vibrant hub for fluxus – an interdisciplinary art movement, whose members staged spontaneous performances and intertwined experimental music and literature into their practices. Two ...

As I weaved through the verses, I felt myself steadying on stage, anticipating the next line and delivering it with just the ...

From Puccini to Pärt, the classic arts scene in New York is never quiet. Here is just a sampling of some of the classic arts ...