Imani Perry's latest book, Black in Blues, is an evocative exploration of what the colour can tell us about being Black in ...

But blue is also the colour of deep melancholy and heartache, echoing Louis Armstrong's question, "What did I do to be so ...

Once one starts to look for it, blue is everywhere. It’s embedded in modern English language (“true blue,” “I’m feeling so ...

Perry took on misconceptions about the South (and won the National Book Award) with “South to America.” In “Black in Blues” ...

Imani Perry finds room to improvise, to think on the page in what feels like real time. Her work walks a line between ...

Imani Perry traces the history and symbolism of the color blue, from the indigo of the slave trade, to Coretta Scott King's ...

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The scholar recommends four inventive books that offer instruction on how to create meaning, beauty, and intimacy amid ...

Eateries are luring diners inside with Restaurant Week, and a slew end on Feb. 2 ( Washington, D.C., Baltimore, San Diego ).

Public intellectual Imani Perry will be in conversation with actor Andre Holland for a special event at the Birmingham Museum ...

Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds shades of meaning — beautiful and ugly — in art, artifacts, music, ...

And that she does. Imani Perry will be speaking about her new book from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4, in Georges Auditorium at Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans. Doors open at ...