Turkey and the Wolf by Mason Hereford; Dinner in One by Melissa Clark Catie Dull/NPR hide caption
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Comic book artist Art Spiegelman said this week that the McMinn County School Board seemed to have a "myopic" focus on the potentially offensive words and limited nudity in Maus. Bertrand Langlois/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Imani Perry speaks at the Brooklyn Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in New York, on Jan. 17. Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for Brooklyn Academy of Music hide caption
Want to understand the U.S.? This historian says the South holds the key
Novelist Angeline Boulley's first book for teenagers, Firekeeper's Daughter, won multiple awards from the American Library Association this year. Amber Boulley /Macmillan Children's Publishing Group hide caption
They didn't get the Newbery or Caldecott but these kids' authors won big this year
'And I say, Hey! HEY!' Aardvark Arthur's wonderful new days are ending
Wajahat Ali, author of Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American. Damon Dahlen/Huffington Post hide caption
Author and Princeton Professor Imani Perry. Ecco hide caption
Author Imani Perry explores the South to reveal the soul of America
Carl Erik Fisher, psychiatrist and author of The Urge: A History of Addiction. Beowulf Sheehan/Beowulf Sheehan hide caption
In 2007, Vogue magazine editor at large André Leon Talley attends a post-Fashion Week panel discussion on the lack of Black images in the current fashion output in New York. Talley, the towering former creative director and editor at large of Vogue magazine, has died. He was 73. Talley's literary agent confirmed Talley's death to USA Today late Tuesday. Mary Altaffer/AP hide caption