Prom season kicked off earlier this month, and one Atlanta high school chose a memorable theme. The senior students at Miller ...

The biographer’s ‘Joy Goddess’ (Scribner, June) explores the life and times of her great-grandmother A’Lelia Walker, the daughter of Madam C.J. Walker and heiress to the Walker hair care fortune.

W.E.B. Du Bois (Charles Reuben), educator and leader, plays matchmaker for his daughter, Yolande (Dina Lewis), and Countee Porter Cullen (Cameron Holder), one of the finest poets of the Harlem ...

The Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation is celebrating its 35th anniversary with some exciting changes for the ...

Maya Angelou is the second poet in history to read a poem during a presidential inauguration; Robert Frost was the first ...

Tomago-based Energy Renaissance has unveiled plans to put the Hunter at the centre of Australia's home battery manufacturing boom.

American novel as great titles renewed the art of storytelling and had the power to influence upcoming writers for decades to ...

The Harlem Renaissance saw a boom in the popularity of Black writers, just as the party’s organizers hoped. Writers like Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston might get the most attention, but the ...

A key part of her work emphasizes the Black writers who shaped American literature, and their deep roots in DC. “What we now call the Harlem Renaissance—named after, obviously, a neighborhood in New ...

"She should be the face of the Harlem Renaissance," Murray said of the ... Murray felt a connection to Fauset: Both are writers who have nurtured others in the field. The connection was so strong ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. When you think of Washington, DC, the city’s literary scene does not ...