Set in a near-future Cape Town, South African writer Alistair Mackay’s ... Short stories, at their best, communicate an original idea or situation with vivid detail and an efficiency of words.

Jordan Peele has earned a place in the Oscar history books. The 39-year-old ... win came after decades of under-representation for African-American screenwriters at the Academy Awards.

Dickey emerged during a boom for African-American literature ... he was selling 500,000 books a year. He was nominated four times for the NAACP Image Award for best work of fiction, winning ...