On this episode of “Literary Arts: The Archive Project,” we feature multi-genre bestselling poet and author of thirty-eight books, Kwame Alexander, who discusses his memoir, “Why Fathers Cry at Night” ...

Kwame Alexander's latest book pulls at the heartstrings. It's called Why Fathers Cry at Night, and its rawness is so poignant that Alexander fretted over its very publication. He told NPR that he ...

With a new school year underway, we're wondering what goals you have set for yourselves if you're a student or teacher. NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander asks you to think with intention and write ...

Muhammad Ali might never have become one of the greatest boxers of all time if his bicycle hadn’t been stolen when he was 12. That’s among the many pivotal moments in Ali’s youth recounted in James ...

Kwame Alexander discusses his anthology of Black poetry, 'This Is the Honey' Award-winning author and producer Kwame Alexander just released his latest work. It's an anthology by Black poets called, ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Emmy® award-winning producer and Newbery Medal award-winning author Kwame Alexander spent much of his childhood in Chesapeake, and he said his experiences in Hampton Roads helped shape ...

Kwame Alexander is a jack of many literary trades. Besides being a publisher and a producer, Alexander is the author of more than 40 books for adults and children, including his Newbery-winning novel ...

Alexander's latest book for young readers, "The Door of No Return," is a coming-of-age tale set in the African Asante Kingdom of 1860. His latest book for young readers, The Door of No Return, is a ...

During the CPB program at the PBS Annual Meeting earlier this month in Las Vegas, poet and best-selling author Kwame Alexander read an original crowdsourced poem he wrote after speaking with people ...