It's a word that evokes national pride and rare talent, and one that has been around for thousands of years.

The Academy of American Poets gives prizes to university and college students. One of them is Lauren Chumbley.

Baby Yoda's big-screen debut, Ryan Gosling in space, The Devil Wears Prada 2, and a Peaky Blinders movie are all coming out before Memorial Day.

We look back on Jesse Jackson's 1991 Saturday Night Live appearance reading Green Eggs and Ham in honor of Dr. Seuss. Jackson died on Tuesday at age 84.

Chris Hemsworth stars as a virtuoso jewel thief, and Mark Ruffalo plays the detective tracking him down in Crime 101. This thriller is a deliberate throwback — and also a lot of fun.

With the recent layoffs of the Washington Post book section staff, the question arises: where do eager readers go to find out about books?

Oscar-winning actor Robert Duvall died Sunday at the age of 95.

Rev. Jesse Jackson died on Tuesday at age 84.

Dorris Wright played a role in desegregating the Greenville, S.C., public library in 1960 with fellow activist Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Louis Armstrong spent much of his youth at a tailor shop.