A Black mother’s memoir, from the Gulf to the Hudson, about transforming inherited pain into generational healing.

The Waterbearers author Sasha Bonét on the perceptions thrust upon a Black girl’s body.

"I can always tell when someone is raised by their grandmama," writes Sasha Bonét, "you’ll only notice if you know what you’re looking for."

The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Nonfiction

A new collection of work from Nikki Giovanni and the story behind the women of Parliament-Funkadelic are just a few of the books we're reading this month.

New fiction by Jordan Castro and R.F. Kuang makes hay of campus politics and intellectual foibles, plus more recent favorites from the staff of Vanity Fair.

The Zora Awards have announced their 2025 finalists. Hosted by the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation, the award honors Black writers across fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

Edward P. McCabe petitioned Benjamin Harrison for an opportunity to show him that Black people "are men and women capable of self‑government." When the president was unmoved, McCabe and his followers ...

When a fugitive slave was caught in Boston in 1854, many civic leaders were outraged — but they wouldn’t challenge slavery directly. So they found an outlet for their conscience on the frontier.

Nonfiction: Caleb Gayle’s gorgeous “Black Moses” illuminates a forgotten figure from our racial past.

The summer may be almost over, but great books by Black authors are still coming in hot.

A Black man like me is not supposed to love Oklahoma. But in studying my home state’s history of violence, theft and wild ambitions, I learned to reckon with its legacy

The awards, which come with a $50K purse, have helped launch the writing careers of many now well-known authors, including Colson Whitehead, Ocean Vuong, Alice McDermott and Jia Tolentino.

On the vexed question of "Should I hire a freelance publicist for my book?" plus further proof that it pays to be kind.

Andrew Garfield, Percival Everett and Attica Locke are among the finalists for the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.

Boston Globe book critics give us their favorites from a year of great titles.

Noteworthy new books for readers of all ages recommended by NYPL's expert librarians and staff.

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

SEPTEMBER + OCTOBER 2024 - While David has incorporated mindfulness practices into his choreography and composition for decades, this workshop represents a kind of beta-test of a new framing of this m...

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The Glassboro, NJ-based university will confer degrees to the graduates of the the Olde Kensington theater school

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Books are written to shift narratives. Here are Essence’s Top 20 Best Books that should be on your Fall Reading List.

Translator Robertson (Beyond Babylon) debuts with an ambitious and captivating group portrait of African American visionaries wh...

This season’s crop of notable nonfiction debuts tackle the nature of life, the role of religion in American culture, Indigenous histories, and book bans

The courts refused to punish the attackers or offer redress to hundreds of newly destitute people. This injustice continues.