Tara Westover ’s memoir is an exposé of her former Mormon life, but it serves as a universal coming-of-age story that ...

Jackson, increasingly known for her fiery dissents on the U.S. Supreme Court, explained that she feels compelled to include ...

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

As a writer and an editor, she put humanity plainly on the page, where it would outlast her and her critics alike.

Amiri Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones), the Maoist revolutionary who was called “the primary theorist of the Black Arts Movement” – one of his theories being that “most American white men are trained to ...

News about Toni Morrison, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Toni Morrison was an editor for 12 years, even as she wrote her own masterpieces. I spoke to her authors about being edited by an icon.

Looking to add a dose of positivity to kick off September? Welcome fall with a collection of inspiring quotes and poems for ...

The push to sanitize school collections erases what literature is for: knowledge, discovery, the freedom to think ...