The Roots are one of hip-hop's most important and influential groups and lead lyricist and emcee Tariq Trotter, better known…
Stephanie Land's 2019 memoir, "Maid," recounted her struggles as a single mother, cleaning houses to earn money and wrestling with…
Irish writer Paul Lynch won the Booker Prize for fiction on Sunday with what judges called a "soul-shattering" novel about…
Keegan-Michael Key is a modern master of sketch comedy, starring in hits shows "Mad TV," "Key and Peele" and "Schmigadoon!"…
The Vietnamese-born, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen has long written on themes of war, refugees and exile. He covers…
"The Iliad" is one of the foundational works of Western literature and thought. It's an old story that continues to…
Sheila Johnson made history as America's first Black female billionaire after co-founding BET. She broke barriers and found success as…
Prachi Gupta's new memoir, "They Called Us Exceptional and Other Lies That Raised Us," explores the model minority myth and…
Amid the pandemic, a woman tells her three now-grown daughters a story of her youth, a love affair, a path…
It's been nearly 18 months since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Tens of thousands of people have died…
