For elementary school teacher, Monique Duncan, writing a book illustrating the remarkable ways enslaved Africans used hair styles to guide their way to freedom, was a dream come true.

NPR's Neda Ulaby reports on the oldest cookbook by a Black American woman — that we know of — which is out in a brand new edition this month.

Rare book collector Rebecca Romney takes us behind the archives that led to "Jane Austen's Bookshelf," a new book about the women writers who shaped Austen.

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Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...

If you're hungry for a new "Yellowjackets" episode, try these books filled with cults, unhinged women and other (un)savory elements of the show.

By Griffin Mancuso Photo by Griffin Mancuso | Sarai Bordeaux starts off the People’s Mic Poetry Slam calling for the audience to take care of themselves and let themselves process their emotions.

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The Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina compiled stories of women resisting the Russian invasion. After she was killed, ...

In November, the woman, Saada Arbane, told Algerian television ... writer's publisher Gallimard as well as the novelist ...

James Martin has hinted that he may one day leave the UK and settle in a place that has shaped his career and passion for ...