Books, Arts, and Culture

Black creativity dances through Oakland, California, like sunlight through stained glass. We all know Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther film was part Wakanda, part Oakland. And we’re...

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Disappointing election results led people to lament Mississippi as a racist backwater, but it’s so much more Photo by Roger Smith After the runoff election in Mississippi, where...

Jessica Barry, author of “Freefall,” recommend books without the knight-in-shining-armor Still from “9 to 5″ W e all grew up on fairy tales. Damsels in distress rescued...

June Eric-Udorie is only 20, but her anthology “Can We All Be Feminists?” is changing the conversation There’s often a proclamation of each year being a...

Female superheroes are where it’s at. Just ask Wonder Woman (but we don’t speak of the Justice League movie). I’m glad film studios are finally realizing...

If you’re looking to re-center or refocus your energies in 2019, the best self-help books of 2018 are here to educate and inspire you. From general...

Now that 2019 has begun, I have a few habits that I’d like to instill into my daily routine in order to improve myself, as a...

In case you haven’t heard, a climate disaster is looming. The effects of climate change—like rising seas and intensifying weather patterns—are already here. Even though the...

So you’ve decided to take Marie Kondo’s advice to heart and remove some of the books from your space. Congratulations! It’s a tough thing to do...