The Latest Breaking News from Toni Morrison

When Ye – the artist formerly known as Kanye West – stated during a recent podcast that he doesn’t read books, some people questioned whether he was sending the wrong message to children.

Virginia lawmakers passed a bill allowing parents to opt out of certain lessons, which was vetoed by then-Gov. Terry McAuliffe.

Teachers across the country are teaching in fear

School board in Dallas-Fort Worth area requires reviewing books facing challenges from parents

A new policy scraps community recommendations from last fall that some books that had been questioned should remain on shelves.

The award-winning Zambia-born writer on her reading habits, being emboldened by Toni Morrison, and her belief that books aren’t about self-improvement, but engagement

Actor Bahni Turpin narrates this story about the chance encounters between two girls from different races who first meet as roommates in an orphanage

Attacks on books occupy a special place among the signposts of philistinism and anti-democratic suppression.

The Scottish poet’s tribute to the Antiguan-American author’s ‘fearless’ coming-of-age novel Annie John

We are engaged in an existential battle over the identity of this nation. The Biden administration’s tepid midterm strategy is failing

My maternal grandfather was an artist who was a sign-writer. On commission, and under the eye of the public, he painted the giant Queen Elizabeth for the 1954 ‘Royal Visit’ and the giant Captain Cook (with map of ‘New Holland’) for the 200th ‘celebrations’. These lines, read on their own,…