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Renaissance writers reassessed their history, inventing terms like the Dark Ages — to the eternal chagrin of medievalists — because they were beginning to think about their future differently.
Derrick Barnes felt there wasn't wide enough representation of Black people in the books he read as a kid. The Kansas City native's new picture book, “I Got You,” is ...
Mapping the people, homes and hot spots that transformed Harlem during its Renaissance.
A man says he "secretly hates" the name his wife wants to use for their future child, writing in a Reddit post that the name ...
Norwood was intentional when he chose this wall-sized image to welcome people into the world of “Silhouettes: Image and Word in the Harlem Renaissance,” a sprawling exhibition celebrating the ...
A 'renaissance of gay literature' marks a turning point for publishing Exclusive data and industry experts — including publishers, booksellers and BookTok influencers — shed light on the ...
“Silhouettes” at The Wolfsonian in Miami Beach showcases storied collaborations between some of the greatest Harlem Renaissance artists and authors.
Ramie Targoff gives voice to women writers of the Renaissance in ‘Shakespeare’s Sisters’ ‘People are recovering all kinds of voices,’ says the Brandeis professor.
So, we counted. Beyonce’s new “Renaissance” album has not 24 writers, but 104, including Terius “The-Dream” Gesteelde-Diamant, A. G. Cook, Syd, Skrillex, Drake, Right Said Fred and Leven ...
And as an aside, even Nietzsche adulated the Renaissance, writing in Human, All-Too-Human, that “the Italian Renaissance contained within itself all of the positive forces to which we owe modern ...