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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

A Poetic Celebration of Place & Folk" will perform poems from the album for the first time at the Carolina Theatre on Friday, ...

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 ...