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For this week’s poem of the week, I chose a poem from a collection released this year by an up-and-coming poet by the name of Hafizah...

Short review: In What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era, Carlos Lozada, the nonfiction book critic for the...

In honor of the 79th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, this week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of a man who...

In case you lost your directions or missed out on a kit, we have you covered. In this series, we will be showcasing past projects, in...

In case you lost your directions or missed out on a kit, we have you covered. In this series, we will be showcasing past projects, in...

In case you lost your directions or missed out on a kit, we have you covered. In this series, we will be showcasing past projects, in...

For those of you that haven't or couldn't attend book club lately, we'll be publishing the previous months' discussion questions here. I...

Short Review: How To Make a Slave and Other Essays, a 2020 National Book Award Finalist and the first essay collection by writer Jerald...

We've made our cook book club virtual! We may not be able to meet in person and cook for one another, but that doesn't mean we can't...

Short Review: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, Deesha Philyaw’s fictional debut, is a powerful, gritty, and enduring collection of...