“We gon’ be alright.” That line from Kendrik Lamar hit song, “Alright” became the rallying cry, an anthem, for the Black Lives Matter movement.
Those lines are also the title of Jeff Chang’s new book. In it Chang gives us powerful and provocative essays on race, desegregation and hip-hop.
Rehman Tungekar sat down with Chang to talk about the important role that hip hop plays in creating lasting political change.
Best-selling author Thomas Cahill is writing a series of books about ancient cultures that have shaped our world. He talks about about the various ancient Greek city-states and their artistic and political legacy.
"There is nothing romantic about death," Christian Wiman says.
The poet and editor of Poetry Magazine has been battling blood cancer for years. In his most recent book of poems he breathes life into writing about mortality.
Wild Forager Sam Thayer teaches classes on wild harvesting and says in his work, the first thing he has to deal with is fear.
Imagine the government has sealed off part of Florida after people start dying there and strange new life forms pop up. Just what is happening in Area X? That's the premise of Jeff Vandermeer's mind-bending Southern Reach Trilogy.
Tom Matthews' first novel, “Like We Care,” tells what happens when some teenagers simply stop spending money on all the stuff that’s marketed to them.
Sharon Jones is a black woman in her late 40s who fronts a band called the Dap-Kings...
Steve Levin is the producer of a documentary film, "Jerabek," which follows the family of a young Marine killed in the ambush at ar-Ramadi on April 6, 2004.
