The mask is off. Now you see the ugly face of America, its warts, spots and all. For that we must be grateful to Donald Trump ...

Champaign-Urbana has something major to celebrate in the literary world: Janice Harrington, professor of English in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Illinois, has recently received ...

The world of literature is mourning the death of Mario Vargas Llosa, the Peruvian Nobel Prize winner. He was 89. The author ...

Llosa was a prolific author and essayist with several celebrated novels including “The Time of the Hero” (La Ciudad y los ...

Founded in 1996 by a pair of Black poets who felt isolated in predominantly white literary spaces, Cave Canem has become one ...

We spoke with the scholar about Black in Blues, a poetic exploration of the relationship between the color blue and Black people.

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Plans are underway to build a stand-alone library to house Vivian’s thousands of books, while House Democrats are pushing for the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.