There is an array of black female characters in fiction that are great topics of discussion — some for good reasons, others not so much. Here are some of the most controversial leading ladies from our ...

In 1928, Hugo Gernsback sponsored a contest to devise a symbol for sf, launching the creation of visual definitions of sf. The symbols he presented-an eye, gears driving a pen-suggest that sf means a ...

Life is unfulfilling. You go to class or work and try to get something done. You grout the spaces between your chunks of obligation with lesser obligations: errands, research, meetings, chores. Any ...

The veteran has played everything from an artist to a general to a professor, the role in “American Fiction” that finally landed him an Oscar nomination. Jeffrey Wright’s roles seem to come through a ...

HAILEY — Paul Firstenberg didn’t expect chapters of his book to become front page news. But they did as white supremacists clashed with counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Va., last week ...

What do stories about magic and fabulous worlds offer young Black people? In The Dark Fantastic, Ebony Elizabeth Thomas looks at the marginalization of Black characters in film and fiction, and how ...

Once upon a time, writing and sharing fan fiction on the internet carried a distinct stigma. Extending other people’s universes or characters was widely seen as an outlet for the uncreative, the ...