Cultural Literature

In early 2011, Libya came under attack. The anti-Libya coalition included France, the United Kingdom, the feudal Gulf monarchies, the United States and other NATO countries. Although during the previous months, Muammar Qaddafi had visited the nations of...

How small-to-midsize Rust Belt cities can play a crucial role in a low-carbon, sustainable, and relocalized future.America's once-vibrant small-to-midsize cities--Syracuse, Worcester, Akron, Flint, Rockford, and others--increasingly resemble urban...

Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers. For anyone who wants to know more...

When revered Notre Dame alumnus and award-winning journalist Red Smith died in 1982, the University created a lecture series in his name, sponsored by John and Susan McMeel and Universal Press Syndicate, and founded by author Robert Schmuhl. Fifteen...

A compelling examination of one of the most artistically rich and creative African kingdoms Artists from the kingdom of Kongo--a vast swath of Central Africa that today encompasses the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and...

(Jazz Transcriptions). 52 works transcribed exactly from the recorded solos of John Coltrane, including: Blue Train (Blue Trane) * Countdown * Cousin Mary * Giant Steps * Impressions * Lazy Bird * Lush Life * Mr. P.C. * Moment's Notice * My Favorite...

This 2-CD set is filled with 20 fantastic standards from the Golden Age of American songwriting. Rhythm Section: Steve Allee (p); Tyrone Wheeler (b); Jonathan Higgins (d). Titles: Pennies from Heaven * Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone * Somebody...

A distinguished Stanford law professor examines the steep decline in marriage rates among the African American middle class, and offers a paradoxical-nearly incendiary-solution. Black women are three times as likely as white women to never marry. That...

The Temptations were named the #1 R&B/Hip Hop Artists of All Time by Billboard Magazine in 2017. They are one of the most iconic, bestselling brands in the entertainment world today, and their journey is one of the most extraordinary stories of the...

Lanise Howard is a visual artist based in California. Her figurative but often surrealistic and spiritual work investigates the esoteric, sacred geometry, ancient belief systems, the digital world, censorship, assimilation, hidden histories and her...

In the vein of Tuesdays with Morrie comes a powerful story of a black man in the brutal South who rose to the rank of mayor and the young reporter whose life he touched as he learned of the transforming power of forgiveness and love--now updated and...

By turns subtle and intense, disturbing and elusive, the stories in this collection are ultimately connected by themes of memory and loss, reality and fabrication, and by a richless of language that rests lightly on its carefully foundation.