I have my high school teachers to thank for my lifetime of reading for pleasure and learning. Not that they were good at convincing me that the great writers could enrich my understanding of life. Au ...

One of my nerdy little hobbies is collecting quotations from the famous and not-so-famous about good writing. After enduring many slings and arrows of outrageous writing misfortune, I’ve learned not ...

After Christmas is over, and the sunrises start getting earlier and the sunsets later in the Northern Hemisphere, there are still two months of scarce daylight and lowering skies ahead. Here’s a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sughnen Yongo is a Midwest writer covering Black women, pop culture. Writers have always had the ability to shift paradigms, ...

One of Africa’s most celebrated authors Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has passed away. The Kenyan writer and academic was 87 years old. Having published his first novel – Weep Not Child – in 1964, Ngũgĩ pursued a ...