Award winning author and University of Kentucky professor Crystal Wilkinson discussed her latest book, “Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks”...

Crystal Wilkinson, an English professor in UK’s College of Arts and Sciences, was inducted as the state's poet laureate on April 24, 2021 as part of the Kentucky Writers Day celebration. The celebration...

In 1991, South Carolina native Nikky Finney came to Lexington to perform at a poetry reading titled, “The Best of Southern Writing.”Before Finney, who is black, was added to the list of performers,...

Recently featured in the New York Times, Wild Fig Books & Coffee reopened its doors in August after a decision with extreme romanticism, heartfelt foolishness and the sadomasochism that comes along...