Born in Detroit, Smith grew up in Columbus, OH before heading off to Howard University in Washington, D.C. and then on to New ...

"I recently returned from a week-long Baldwin for the Arts Residency in Upstate New York, founded by Jacqueline Woodson. There, I researched Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates, visiting the site of his ...

Her kitchen is a space for imagining. In “Lessons,” Jacqueline Woodson’s “Mama” recalls her own mother’s attempt to teach her and a sister how to make collards and potato salad while ...

Those books were “The Giver” by Lois Lowry, a book that is currently a seventh-grade title, for sixth grade; “Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson, a new title, for seventh grade ...

The best children’s books of all time Choosing the best children’s books of all time is no easy feat. After all, there are ...

“The Captive,” written by Joyce Hansen, and published by Scholastic. “I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This,” written by Jacqueline Woodson, and published by Delacorte. “Black Diamond: Story of the Negro ...

“From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun,” written by Jacqueline Woodson, and published by Scholastic/Blue Sky Press. “Her Stories,” illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon, written by Virginia Hamilton, and ...

She was predeceased by her sons Frank and Michael Bycenski and granddaughter Jacqueline Bycenski ... and friend Sashana Mclean and Kedishia Esson Woodson. The Calling Hours will be on Sunday ...

In “Harriette Winslow and Aunt Rachel Clean Collard Greens on Prime Time Television,” Alabama poet Ashley Jones observes the matriarch on 1990s sitcom Family Matters and her own mother cooking the ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Indiana's five-game overall win streak and three-game Big Ten win streak came to a crashing halt in an 85-60 loss to Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday. Indiana men's ...