American short fiction has always thrived on intensity. Within a few pages, it can capture a lifetime, a heartbreak, or a ...

It’s difficult to know where to start or finish in any discussion of the connection between American literature and the Catholic Faith. The whole topic is fraught with complexity, as is the ...

For College of Arts, Sciences & Education English Assistant Professor Mark Kelley, there’s nothing as exhilarating as being out on the water—the feeling of freedom, the vastness, the intrigue of the ...

Some books remind you what it means to truly feel words. These classics move beyond pages and time, carrying stories that ...

THE first three volumes of Mr. Stedman’s Library of American Literature 1 cover the colonial and revolutionary times down to the adoption of the Constitution. It may seem surprising that three large ...

Which older novels, plays and poems by African American writers are being — or should be — rediscovered? By Adam Bradley Artwork by Dominic Chambers and Tajh Rust Adam Bradley, a T writer, is a ...

This year’s observance of Black History Month carries forward the centennial anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance. However, in this reflective season, we find ourselves at a crossroads that would be ...

NPR's Eyder Peralta talks with Regie Cabico, co-organizer of this year's Asian American Literature Festival that's holding events in Washington, D.C., after the Smithsonian cancelled a larger event.

OWASSO, Okla. — She's known for her classroom decorations and fun personality: Mrs. Wendy Stokes teaches sixth and seventh-grade Native American Literature in Owasso. "It's ever-changing," Stokes said ...