A Philadelphia doctor received assistance from an unlikely place to treat Joseph Coates, a Black man who was suffering from ...

Atlanta-based poet and artist W.J. Lofton ‘s third collection of poetry, “boy maybe,” includes 51 poems that take his readers on an emotional roller coaster exploring grief, love, police brutality and ...

From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and consume poetry. For World Poetry Day, we ...

Those who have wrestled with symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment have been subjected to skepticism, criticism, bullying and ...

The poet and activist talks about the precarity that trans, queer, and Afrodescendent people in Cuba face today, and the life ...

From memoirs to sci-fi and historical fiction, we've rounded up our favorite books that feature strong Black women.

Afar o’er life’s turrets and vales does it roam ... poem selected for inclusion in a landmark anthology of Black American poetry, Caroling Dusk, when he was just 25 years old.

A sitdown with Leslie Parker to talk about the Black Dance Improvisation Festival and her other upcoming work.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new collection of poems, "Doggerel," a meditation on family, friendship and falling in love.

This group is not only preserving the arts; they're safeguarding truth, and ensuring our collective future remains as bold, boundless, and Black as it has always been ...

Hemphill’s writing talents expanded beyond poetry. He contributed to In The Life: A Black Gay Anthology, a collection edited by Joseph Beam, and appeared in Marlon Riggs’ 1989 video essay ...