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6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth

A Juneteenth celebration in Prospect Park in New York City in 2022. Michael Nagle/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images by Corey D. B. Walker, Wake...

Mister Rogers’ lessons for young learners (and their families, too)

“When You Wonder, You’re Learning Mister Rogers’ Enduring Lessons for Raising Creative, Curious, Caring Kids” by Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski (NNPA Newswire )--It has been...

Summer reading: 5 young-adult fiction novels that explore LGBTQ+ teen lives

These titles promise to surprise and delight. Saowakhon Brown/Moment via Getty Images by James B. Blasingame, Arizona State University and Gabriel Acevedo, Arizona State University In...

James by Percival Everett: an enthralling reimagining of Huckleberry Finn from the perspective of formerly enslaved Jim

Wikimedia/ Pan Macmillan by Emily Zobel Marshall, Leeds Beckett University James, the new novel by Percival Everett, is a stunning book which I relished long after...

Inside the rise and fall of one of the world’s most powerful writing groups

At its peak in the mid-2010s, the Romance Writers of America had around 10,000 members. Ekaterina Markelova/iStock via Getty Images by Christine Larson, University of...

The untold story of GoDaddy founder’s traumatic life and explosive success

Adobe Stock Illustration (NewsUSA) - If ever there was a story about a self-made man whose wealth can be measured more by the contents of...

Margaret Busby: how a pioneering Ghanaian publisher put African women’s writing on the map

Margaret Busby in 1971 at her desk at Allison and Busby publishers. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images by Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, University of the Witwatersrand Published in...

Gen Zers and millennials are still big fans of books – even if they don’t call themselves ‘readers’

  Adobe Stock Photo by Kathi Inman Berens, Portland State University and Rachel Noorda, Portland State University The Conversation, CC BY Identifying with an activity is different from...

New book chronicles how U.S. robbed Black Americans of $600 billion in taxes since slavery

A deeply telling new book sheds light on the systemic injustice that has plagued Black Americans for generations. Authored by Andrew W. Kahrl, a...

Rich Paul discusses ‘Lucky Me’ memoir at Harold Washington Library

Photo: Rich Paul talks about his memoir Lucky Me with host Sylvia Ewing (Credit: Chicago Public Library). by Marshelle Sanders, For The Chicago Defender On Thursday...

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