Have a Brat (Book) Summer with These Brat Color-Coded Reads PEOPLE staff combed through bookshelves and TBR lists for our favorite books featuring that signature Charli xcx Brat green By Lizz Schumer ...

Book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 school year with more than 10,000 books banned in public schools, according to PEN America. The spike reflects a renewed effort since 2021 to ban or ...

What it's been like as a writer of color trying to sell a book that isn’t all about trauma The publishing world seems to think that being a person of color and suffering go hand in hand.

In addition to Oprah, Henson and Barrino, the 2023 adaptation of The Color Purple stars Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins, H.E.R., Halle Bailey, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Jon Batiste.

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's wedding dress, to present day cobalt mining. Her new book is Black in Blues.

William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog since 2012. Douglas joined NHL.com in 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he profiles Nia Obotette, author of ...

Daniel Minter/ Alfred. A Knopf Books for Young Readers Blue was illustrated by Daniel Minter, who says he uses the color in most of his work. "It's my go-to color. A deep, deep blue," he says.

Thanks to the widely acclaimed Norton Anthology of African American Literature, we can read and celebrate an assortment and abundance of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama by black writers ...