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No matter the time on Martha’s Vineyard, a shimmering glow will be powered by the star presence of Black filmmakers, actors ...
The literary spelunker and musician debuts his new 'Evergreen Review' anthology and performs with Mushroom in the same week.
From pop-up, to bungalow, to its new home at the historic Eldorado Ballroom, Houston’s independent bookstore Kindred Stories ...
The Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF), now in its 23rd year, honors Black excellence in film. It will ...
The writer, educator, activist, and filmmaker worked to create a city that serves the city's artists. 'In many ways, she had ...
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark staged a predawn demonstration outside an immigrant detention center. He argues that the facility’s owner does not have valid permits to operate.
Newark Natives Philip Roth and Amiri Baraka, two of the city’s most acclaimed literary figures, were “near-exact contemporaries,” award-winning poet, author and educator John Keene said on ...
Newark's star writers, Amiri Baraka and Philip Roth, might seem like opposites. But not so fast, argues a prize-winning poet ...