Literature

What does the future hold for reading?

June 3, 2011 By Blake Skylar

Less than half of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 ever read for pleasure.

Richard Wright: a great peoples artist and journalist

February 25, 2011 By Norman Markowitz

It is time to restore Richard Wright's place fully as a major people's artist and ground breaking journalist of the 20th century.

José Saramago, Nobel author, Communist, mourned in Portugal

June 21, 2010 By Dennis Laumann

An estimated 20,000 mourners, including Portugal's Socialist prime minister and the leader of the Portuguese Communist Party, attended Saramago's funeral in Lisbon on Monday.

Nikki Giovanni: rap poetry is part of world literature

June 1, 2010 By Irving C. Jones

PHILADELPHIA -- Nikki Giovanni, world renowned poet, spoke here in Philadelphia, May 28, as par of Art Sanctuary's 26th Annual Celebration of Black Writing Festival.

Mexican literature at the crossroads of three cultures

April 5, 2009 By Alain Nicolas

Mexican literature, guest of honour at the 2009 Paris Book Fair, feeds on indigenous, Latin American, and international influences, presenting a literary production that could make one appreciate globalisation.