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 ›
How Silent Films Inspired Early Modern Art
A new book explores the relationship between early iterations of film and modern art. Read more ›
Remaking the Humanities
An English professor offers a critique of how we approach the humanities. Read more ›
A Mother, a Masked Intruder, and a Story That Messes With Your Mind
A new novel, "The Need," creates a disturbing portrait of motherhood when a woman overwhelmed by the demands of her day-to-day life encounters a masked intruder in her home who seems to know all of her secrets. Read more ›
A Play Explores the Aftermath of a Gay Man’s Murder in Queens
A play dramatizes the murder of Julio Rivera, a gay Puerto Rican man in Jackson Heights, Queens. The killing was the first hate crime tried in New York State during the 1990s. Read more ›