Opinion: I’m most drawn to entries that surprise the reader with unusual imagery and subject matter and perhaps some kind of ...

In 2016, a University of Chicago scholar stumbled across an extraordinary piece of writing that had been lost for nearly two ...

There is some hubris in daring to define the key features of a century’s worth of novels, but Edwin Frank admits his book isn ...

The year’s best memoirs, biographies, history and more, as selected by the staff of The Washington Post’s Book World.

A new book by author Prithi Kanakamedala walks readers through the expansion of Brooklyn from the 17th century and how it ...

University library has exhibit to celebrate anniversary of publication of Gwendolyn Brooks’ prize-winning poetry novel, “Annie Allen.” ...

Having one foot in and out of the many groups I find myself in, constantly toggling between three worlds: Black America, ...

Steve Locke's best-known works are paintings of faces with their tongues sticking out. This fatuous facial gesture is ...