For Mac Barnett, being silly is a serious craft. Last month, the two-time Caldecott Medal honoree was appointed as the ninth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. During a ceremony ...

If you want to celebrate Black History Month by reading newly released Black authors, these recommendations span sci-fi to romance to memoir.

Mary Vinson, the artist and author born without a name, didn't learn how to read or write until she was in her 50s.

Ohio lawmakers and literacy advocates used the birthday of one of America’s most frequently banned authors to defend ...

Zora Neale Hurston's work didn't have the literary appreciation it now has until more than 15 years after her death in 1960.

During the 1970s, author and photographer Sarah Bird documented small-town Black rodeos in Texas. She turned that material in ...

Des Moines Public Schools is among 174 public school districts that did not remove books from its schools after Senate File 496 went into effect.

Sarah Jessica Parker will be this year’s recipient of PEN America’s “Literary Service” award. The “Sex and the City” star, a ...