In 1971, writers James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni sat down for a riveting two-hour conversation about Black love and ...

Black male authors have long held a mirror to society, documenting our struggles, joys, trauma, love and triumphs.

Of the 40 members, or "immortals," as they call themselves, Gonçalves will be the sixth woman to join the academy.

Ana Maria Gonçalves, one of Brazil's most celebrated contemporary authors, made history as the first Black woman in their ...

Black women's beauty and fashion are complex, meaningful acts, deliberate strategies for engaging with the world that make bold statements about identity, political resistance and empowerment ...

The Black Appalachian Storyteller Fellowship will award $5,000 to six Black artists who best depict Appalachian culture and ...

The stage became a sanctuary for truth-telling and storytelling during the “Songs in the Key of Life: Navigating Identity and Dreams in Modern Fiction” panel at the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture in ...

Putting Black women through the wringer has been the business plan of Tyler Perry for 20 years, and there are no signs of ...

Without collaboration, especially with Black women writers, Perry’s stories lack emotional nuance and fail to reflect the multi-dimensionality of Black womanhood.

Titles are rented. The thing that will be my love letter to life will be the impact I had,” said Laysha Ward, author of Lead Like You Mean It and […] ...