African American Literature in Transition, 1900–1910 offers a wide ranging, multi-disciplinary approach to early twentieth century African American literature and culture. It showcases the literary ...

Last night at the Deadline-hosted celebration of the Black List 20th anniversary, founder Franklin Leonard told attendees ...

From angry spirits and parallel universes to alien abductions and epic folklore, African writers are offering fresh new horizons for the world’s science fiction landscape.

At other points in the series, African-American characters are called "darkies". Some fans of the novels say they offer an important historical perspective and should be used as teaching tools for ...

The doyen of African-American crime fiction, who died 40 years ago, is most famous for his hard-boiled “Harlem Cycle” of novels featuring the detectives “Coffin Ed” Johnson and ...