Elizabeth Flock

Country-blues musician Erika Ryann talked about the experience of playing in honky tonks out West, writing songs on a tractor…

The world of YA is "finally giving LGBTQ+ teens the literature they deserve," New York Public Library's manager of young…

When N.K. Jemisin began writing "The Fifth Season," the first of a trilogy of sci-fi books, she knew that she…

N.K. Jemisin, author of award-winning fantasy novel "The Fifth Season," says her frustration and anger over the fatal shooting of…

For decades, bands like Testify had been largely underground, but their music has become more visible.

Prison language, or language created by inmates while incarcerated, has a long and vivid history, and is likely as old…

Our June pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club is N.K. Jemisin's "The Fifth Season." Here are some…

A new crop of writers have sought to depict what a future world might look like if humans don't do…

In N.K. Jemisin's Hugo Award-winning fantasy novel "The Fifth Season," the world is menaced by environmental catastrophe, and its inhabitants…

If you're longing to be transported, here are some recommendations from "Now Read This" book club members.