literature

The upcoming book “The Beasts Beneath the Winds: Tales of Southeast Asia’s Mythical Creatures” is a collection of the region’s most elusive cryptids by a team of bestselling and award-winning authors.

Among the different types of conflict in literature, cultural conflict stands out as one of the most relatable and powerful forms — especially in multicultural narratives.

While some may be familiar with Terie Miyamoto or TV and movie star George Takei and their background as internees or descendants of internees at U.S. concentration camps for Japanese Americans during World War II, theirs are not the only voices to talk about the experience.

In an almost all-white prison in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, R.G. Shore, a person of color, turns up the static and allows the white noise to drown him in sound.

In a new novel by Candace Kade, it’s 2123 and everyone who can afford them has gene enhancements in the Asian Federation. Protagonist Lee Urban doesn’t have any enhancements but is adopted into the high society of New Beijing, where […]

Cole Brown’s recent book, “Greyboy: Finding Blackness in a White World,” does not mince words about how messy the Black experience can be. The title was inspired by an Amiri Baraka poem that says: “The ghost you see in the […]

Any of the stunning literary works from the time in American history known as the Harlem Renaissance merit reading and study. For both their unique style and historical importance these writings and their authors present intriguing portraits of a time […]

In a time when huge amounts of literature are available almost anywhere, it pays to look around for something that gives not only a compelling plot, but also something a little extra. Caballero: A Historical Novel by Jovita Gonzales and […]