This perceptive study illuminates the complex relations between English settlers, Native people and Africans in the early ...

In Born in Blackness, Howard W. French explores Africa’s critical role in shaping the modern world through the transatlantic ...

Any cultural critic can complain, as I did in last weekend’s column, about the lack of creativity in American popular culture ...

The West is the land of the setting sun. That is its location on a map and its meaning in every language Westerners use to understand themselves. Erev in Hebrew means “evening,” so ma’arav means ...

NBA All-Star Kevin Johnson said he believes his athletic prowess comes from his mother. Here’s more about Georgia Rose Peat West.

Why Russia Invaded Ukraine by Lucian Kim, which explores the mind of Putin and his perspective on Ukraine.

This is a very human book about the roots and consequences of a very American dilemma: the belief that old-fashioned elbow ...

won this year’s National Book Award, and the acclaimed 2023 film “American Fiction” was based on his novel “Erasure” — but he has also published several collections of poems throughout ...

Few are aware of how active vigilantes were in 1880s Dakota Territory. Ron Berget's book, "Montana Stranglers in Dakota ...

I ran my finger along the sides of the map and found the barn: Township 22 North, Range 4 West, Section 2 ... surely not possible in 1955. The history books say he walked six miles in the dark.

Dive into basketball history at the Hall of Fame and immerse yourself in Dr. Seuss' stories at the Springfield Museums.