Published poet and researcher of African American literature Angel Dye will be joining SIUE’s Department of English as an ...

‘American Fiction’ Jeffrey Wright’s professor Thelonious “Monk” Ellison is placed on leave for antagonizing both students and fellow faculty with his confrontational, dismissive attitude.

A low-key movie with a pointed message, “American Fiction” offers an amusing look at a serious subject – namely, the kind of Black images with which predominantly White decision-makers in ...

American Fiction starts with Thelonius “Monk” Ellison (Wright) in class with students who are disconnected from what he’s teaching as he argues with a student over the use of the N-word.

A low-key movie with a pointed message, “American Fiction” offers an amusing look at a serious subject – namely, the kind of Black images with which predominantly White decision-makers in ...

“American Fiction,” adapted by writer-director Cord Jefferson from the novel “Erasure” by Percival Everett, begins as Monk is being removed from his teaching position after confronting his ...

Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown, Leslie Uggams, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae and Adam Brody co-star in Cord Jefferson's 'American Fiction.' ...

The ambitious first film from Cord Jefferson, 'American Fiction' gets great work from star Jeffrey Wright, ... we are introduced to Monk as he’s teaching a college course on Southern literature.

They co-directed the National Endowment for the Humanities 2023 Summer Institute for K-12 Teachers, “Making the Good Reader and Citizen: The History of Literature Instruction in American Schools.” ...