Tags: African American
New Dictionary Seeks Public Input
The Oxford Dictionary of African American English, slated for release in 2025, will involve a three-year-long multidisciplinary research project compiling terms popularized by speakers of African American English.
Alternative Nobel in Literature, Makena Onjerika Wins £10,000 Caine Prize, and More
Plagiarism lawsuit against author Emma Cline dismissed; LatinX in Publishing; Independence Day poems; and other news.
Barbershop Books
Creating local reading spaces for young Black boys.
At the Center of Hip-Hop and Poetry
A new anthology from Haymarket Books celebrates Black Girl Magic.
Patricia Smith Wins $100,000 Poetry Prize, Frankenstein Facsimiles, and More
PEN announces winners of its 2018 Literary Awards; Khaled Hosseini’s next novel to focus on Syrian refugee crisis; Milo Yiannopoulos drops lawsuit against Simon & Schuster; and other news.
Haki R. Madhubuti on Black Lit, PEN World Voices Festival, and More
George Washington’s hair found in library book; the importance of rereading; in praise of queer teen fiction; and other news.
Why We Write: Redemption Song
A writer and editor reflects on her work as both creative impulse and ancestral redemption.
I, Too Arts Collective
A literary organization brings new life to Langston Hughes’s house in Harlem.
Rona Jaffe Award Winners, Contemporary African Women Poets, and More
A new documentary explores the life and work of Lorraine Hansberry; PEN pulls YA novelist’s nomination for literary award; Tom Clancy’s widow sues estate over rights to Jack Ryan character; and other news.