Colson Whitehead

Diploma Of Harvard's First Black Alum Discovered In Condemned Chicago House

Posted 03.15.2012

An abandoned home near 75th and Sangamon, on Chicago's South Side, was the unlikely hiding place for an important piece of black history -- the papers...

Colson Whitehead Talks the Diminishing Relevance of Magazines and New Book Zone One

Miles Marshall Lewis | Posted 12.31.2011

Miles Marshall Lewis

Unpredictably enough, Colson Whitehead's newest, fifth novel Zone One details a zombie apocalypse in Manhattan.

Noel Gallagher Strikes Out, 'West Side Story' Turns 50

Posted 12.17.2011

Monday, October 17 Noel Gallagher releases his solo album today, and he's left no question in the title -- Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds -- as...

Trymaine Lee

Black Hamptons Enclaves Caught Between Change And Tradition (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 10.09.2011

Sag Harbor, NY -- The little boys and girls in the old photographs are all grown up now; long gone are the days when they would dig clams in the sand ...

Do Books Influence Where You Go On Vacation?

Posted 09.27.2011

Like movies and TV, books have a way of reaching into our subconcious and taking hold, influencing our decisions on everything from what to wear, what...

Reading Retreats: How To Get Away From Everything But Your Books

salon.com | Drew Grant | Posted 09.11.2011

I'll be absent from these pages for the next four weeks while I hole up in a cabin far from both the Internet and reliable cell phone reception. Whene...

L.A. Times Festival Of Books: The Stars Come Out To Celebrate Books (PHOTOS)

Mark Coggins | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Coggins

To my mind, the two authors at the festival who best represented where the industry has been and where it could be headed were Herman Wouk and Dave Eggers.

We Need Bloggers!

Posted 05.25.2011

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance assignmen...

New York Writers Coalition: Writing Saves Lives

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.25.2011

Andrea Chalupa

The New York Writers Coalition, a Brooklyn-based non-profit, organizes writing workshops for historically underserved communities. But funding for this life-saving program has fallen off a cliff.