This week on The Reading Life: Susan talks with Kalamu ya Salaam, whose new book of collected writings from his long career is “Be About Beauty.” We’ll also hear from Tena Clark, songwriter and music ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Kalamu ya Salaam is a Co-Director for the Students at the Center in the New Orleans Public Schools with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2010 ...

What is a griot? Merriam-Webster defines it this way: “Any of a class of musician-entertainers of western Africa whose performances include tribal histories and genealogies; or, more broadly, ...

Farai Chideya talks with New Orleans writer and educator Kalamu ya Salaam about his oral history project to document the city even as it undergoes massive change in its effort to rebuild after ...

The first published novel by Kalamu ya Salaam is cause for celebration. “Walkin’ Blues,” a speculative account of the life of Mississippi blues legend Robert Johnson — one of the most lauded and ...

Not everyone is happy with how the names of the stars of the new Egyptian film Itfarag Ya Salam (Wow, Look!) are arranged on the film's billboards and credits. Abeer Sabry, for one, told cairolive.com ...

Placido Domingo brought down the house when he sang 'Ya Salam, Ya Salam Dubai' with Egyptian singer Ali Al Hajjar at the Dubai Aviation Club lastnight. The audience' response was so overwhelming that ...

Prospect.3, New Orleans' international art exhibition opens on Oct. 25 Prospect.3, New Orleans' international art exhibition opens on Oct. 25 (Instagram photo by Doug MacCash | NOLA.com | The ...

Though hundreds of new YA books hit the shelves every year, the number that feature inclusive storylines is still frustratingly slim. A new imprint called Salaam Reads is aiming to help change that.

Part one of Susan Larson’s interview with Kalamu ya Salaam about his new novel, Walkin’ Blues. Here’s what’s on tap in the literary life this week: Blue Cypress Books presents A Gothic Murder Mystery ...