Tracing Male Anger in ‘The Topeka School’
Male anger is a theme in a critically acclaimed new novel by Brooklyn College Professor Ben Lerner called "The Topeka School" Read more ›
New Take on the Old West in Tea Obreht’s Acclaimed Novel ‘Inland’
A critically acclaimed new book by Tea Obreht, who teaches at Hunter College, reimagines the classic Western novel with a camel-wrangling orphaned immigrant and an Arizona frontierswoman. Read more ›
Carnival in Trinidad, a Brooklyn Parade, and the Birth of Soca Music
A new book looks at how Brooklyn's West Indian Day parade and its connections to Carnival in Trinidad nurtured the emergence of soca music. Read more ›
Digital Humanities: The Future and the Challenges
A book called "Debates in the Digital Humanities" looks at the future and challenges in this emerging field. Read more ›
A Poetic Tribute to Queens
A new book of poems pays tribute to the diversity of Queens. Read more ›
The 1619 Project: A Poem Reveals Hidden History
A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet commemorates a terrible event from U.S. history as part of The New York Times' "1619 Project." Read more ›
A Jazz Musician’s ‘Hope,’ Inspired by Poet Langston Hughes
A Langston Hughes poem inspires a jazz album. Read more ›
The Fabulous Bacon Brothers’ Sizzling New Song
Actor Kevin Bacon and his brother, Michael Bacon, who's a music professor and Emmy Award-winning composer, play together in a band and have a new song and music video called "Play!" Read more ›
She’s Been Working on the Railroad: Opera Restores Women to History
A new opera restores women's stories to their rightful place in the history of the transcontinental railroad. Read more ›