John Edgar Wideman has firmly established himself as one of the most respected contemporary writers, as evidenced by his receipt of the P.E.N./Faulkner Award in 1984 and 1991. The author of ten books of fiction and an autobiographical dialogue/meditation...

During the 1960s, the architects of the black arts movement--Imamu Baraka (LeRoi Jones), Larry Neal, Haki R. Madhubuti (Don L. Lee), Addison Gayle, and others--demanded that black writers use their talents and works for the betterment of the black commun...

The Pain of Being Two At the conclusion of John Edgar Wideman's Sent For You Yesterday, a character muses over a piano performance she heard years before, a song so familiar because everything she's ever heard is in it . . ....

Yesterday at 3 p.m., these were the top headlines running on Bloomberg's news service: Stocks in U.S. Drop Most Since 2003. Treasury Yields Decline to Lowest Since December. Orders for Durable Goods in U.S. Tumble 7.8 Percent. Freddie Mac Will...