“The Buffalo Hunt” is an oil on canvas painting in the Expressionism style created by Horace Pippin in 1933. This work is in the public domain.
Mami’s Daughter
In the largest rivers of Nigeria, there dwells a beautiful woman.
Blessing Nnate
The Fire This Time
It spread and flickered and licked the…
Susan L. Pollet
Sweet Tooth
It was a great date.
Megan Petronella
And Other Reasons
Lying awake…
Anne Mikusinki
My Mother’s First Husband and Us
My mother has been married three times, which she might sheepishly admit to you…
Marcus Knoke
Why I Love Strangers More Than Friends
“Hey, how are you, what can I get for you?”
Sam Hendrian
Do You Know
Was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel House Made of Dawn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969
From The Public Domain
Durham: A Capital of the Black Middle Class
Durham offers none of the color and creative life we find among…
E. Franklin Frazier
The Man in the Iron Mask
Chapter XVIII: A Night at the Bastile
Pain, anguish, and suffering in human life…
Alexandre Dumas
The Conquest
Chapter III: Chicago, Chasing A Will-O-The-Wisp
That was on Sunday morning three hundred miles south of Chicago…
Oscar Micheaux
The Purpose
Over and over the task was set…
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Neal Stephenson’s acclaimed science-fiction novel Seveneves is hopefully coming to the TV screen in the future. Legendary Television has acquired the television rights to adapt Seveneves. With a history of successful book-to-screen transformations, Legendary is set to bring Stephenson’s futuristic
Percival Everett’s novel James continues to be recognized in the literary world, earning a spot on the prestigious 2024 Booker Prize Longlist. This novel offers a fresh perspective on the classic tale of Huckleberry Finn, focusing on the character of
Russell Contreras writes for Axios about a retired Theatre and Africana studies professor Andrea Hairston who just released her latest Afrofuturist novel Archangels of Funk. [Axios]
The Root’s member Questlove sits down with CBS Mornings to discuss his new book Hip Hop is History. [CBS]
Congratulations to Stephanie Y. Tam! Harper Bazaar shares their 2024 short story winner Bird Bones written by Stephanie Y. Tam. [Harpers Bazaar]
British publisher Folio Society has freshen up George Orwell’s classic book 1984. Elizabeth Segran writes in Fast Company about the new limited edition 1984 book. [Fast Company]
