Still, Lemon’s purpose-focused autobiography is just one example of a gripping queer Black author who’s creating work that ...

For Black History Month, Blue Peter commissioned some special poems by black spoken word artists to celebrate black history and to take action and work together to build a better future for people ...

In honor of Jupiter Hammon's 313th birthday, his poem, "An Essay on Slavery," will be read at Joseph Lloyd Manor in Lloyd's ...

Devoted to the trails and towns of Western North Carolina, a writer makes an autumn pilgrimage and finds communities ...

Who’s got time for poems when the world’s on fire?” asks Aja Monet in the heart-achingly beautiful and gut-wrenchingly honest ...

October: Monster by Dzifa Benson “One language is never enough”, Dzifa Benson writes in the first section of Monster, her ...

She also noticed that despite her hard work, the church's members were judging her harshly - as she remembers in her poem, Sabbath ... The lack of opportunities for black models made matters ...

The writing in this poem is taut, graceful and intelligent in a way that shows the mystical themes of life, including love, death, the mind and body, the church and Christ, and idealism.

Poe’s writing career began in the early 1820s with the release of “Tamerlane and Other Poems,” a collection ... including the dreadful black room. The Masque of the Red Death is an allegory ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Percival Everett’s “James,” Salman Rushdie’s “Knife” and Diane Seuss’ “Modern Poetry” are among the ... and Justice in an American Church,” by Eliza Griswold, who won the ...

Plus, celebrating Black history in New Bedford, concerts, poetry, and new exhibits at the Whaling Museum. So when someone asks you what you want to do, you’ve got your plans ready to go.