Founded in 1996 by a pair of Black poets who felt isolated in predominantly white literary spaces, Cave Canem has become one ...

One of my favorite poems of Dunbar’s is “We Wear the Mask,” which beautifully portrays the weight that many Black people carry as they flow in “double consciousness” as a means of ...

Junauda Petrus, the second poet laureate of Minneapolis, plans to bring poetry to barber shops, buses and community spaces while engaging youth and elders through storytelling.

April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate the beauty and power of poetry. This monthlong celebration, established ...

Northwestern’s Black Poetry Society hosted its third annual “Speak On It” event Saturday evening, bringing together poets ...

matthews — who prefers to write his name in lowercase because he believes his name is insignificant compared to the message he has to give — doesn’t just read his poems; he treats them like theatrical ...

As some people found their seats, others held their phones in the air, waiting to capture the performance, titled "Black Charlotte: A Poetic Celebration of Place & Folk." The performance featured 11 ...

In tough times, Amanda Johnston is creating a community of gratitude with contributions from poets all across the state.

ExploreAtlanta bookseller pens love letter to Black-owned bookstores with ‘Prose to the People’ The poet is having a book release for “boy maybe” at Auburn Avenue Research Library today at ...

In December 1990, poet Cornelius Eady, now 71, was feeling dispirited by the literary world. He’d attended the Assn. of Writers & Writing Programs conference in Denver that year and felt like he ...