A gathering of voices : literature of early America (beginnings to 1750). Meeting of cultures ; The Puritan influence ; A nation is born -- Unit 2. A growing nation : literature of the American ...

Before the Independence Day fireworks this week, try this short quiz on America’s popular books published during the ...

Every semester I’d begin my American literature class by asking students how many had encountered their favorite book in just such a classroom. Almost nobody raised a hand.

Before she was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia, Ghazala Hashmi was a soft-spoken English professor ...

Robert Giard spent his career photographing hundreds of cultural luminaries and niche literary figures in the hopes of ...

At the Austin African American Book Festival, tables are lined up with vendors and authors looking to sell their novels. With ...

The Austin African American Book Festival is back again for its 19th year this Saturday at the Carver Museum. Dr. Rosalind Oliphant, founder & director of the Festival, joined us, along with ...

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

"Our stories, Our voice" is the theme of this year's Austin African-American Book Festival, a celebration of Black literature ...