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The Oxford Dictionary of African American English, slated for release in 2025, will involve a three-year-long multidisciplinary research project compiling terms popularized by speakers of African American English.
Plagiarism lawsuit against author Emma Cline dismissed; LatinX in Publishing; Independence Day poems; and other news.
Creating local reading spaces for young Black boys.
A new anthology from Haymarket Books celebrates Black Girl Magic.
PEN announces winners of its 2018 Literary Awards; Khaled Hosseini’s next novel to focus on Syrian refugee crisis; Milo Yiannopoulos drops lawsuit against Simon & Schuster; and other news.
George Washington’s hair found in library book; the importance of rereading; in praise of queer teen fiction; and other news.
A writer and editor reflects on her work as both creative impulse and ancestral redemption.
A literary organization brings new life to Langston Hughes’s house in Harlem.
A new documentary explores the life and work of Lorraine Hansberry; PEN pulls YA novelist’s nomination for literary award; Tom Clancy’s widow sues estate over rights to Jack Ryan character; and other news.
A writer and publishing professional reflects on her decision to leave an MFA program, and how academic and workshop language can be used to reify the invisible structures that suppress marginalized communities.
