In places like Spivey's Corner, hollering was not just a practical tool but also an art form shaped by rhythm, tone, and ...

This book review of JD Vance’s “Hillbilly Elegy” originally appeared in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Living & Arts section on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016. There are two very good reasons this year — ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Chester Himes’ literary legacy has ...

An old English proverb recorded by John Heywood in 1546 (and who may or not have been a distant relative of mine) has it that: “It is indeed an ill-wind that blows no one good.” The ill wind that blew ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BURNSVILLE, NC (WGHP) — In a two-story ...

Novelist Chester B. Himes’ 1945 masterpiece If He Hollers Let Him Go is as much a protest novel as it is a Los Angeles noir. Over the span of four days, protagonist Bob Jones, a Black man navigating a ...