F or many Black Americans, closing the racial equity gap can feel like an insurmountable task. More than 83% say efforts ...

Everett gives James the gift of language, and James writes his account of his travels with a stolen pencil stub—one which ...

Swedish indie folk singer Sarah Klang's voice has the rare ability to blend hope and sadness into one, writes The' Scott ...

Percival Everett's “James” is up for another literary award — the PEN/Faulkner Prize for fiction. Other nominees include Louise Erdrich's “The Mighty Red,” Rachel Kushner's “Creation Lake” and Garth ...

Researchers across the country are in “a mad scramble” to sort out what public data the Trump administration has deleted from ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, D-Mich., joins Morning Joe to discuss the legacy of the Biden administration, the early actions of the Trump administration, the way forward for Democrats and the YA version of ...

Everett’s acclaimed reworking of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective of Jim, Huck Finn’s enslaved companion, has already received the National Book ...

Besides “James,” Everett’s retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” fiction nominees ... s “Candy Darling”; Jean Strouse’s book on painter John Singer Sargent, “Family ...