“Still We Rise,” is the theme for this year’s month-long celebration of Dr. Maya Angelou’s 97th birthday. The Celebrate! Maya ...
Val Gray Ward was a force of nature – a groundbreaking actress and fearless matriarch of the Black Arts Movement. Founder of ...
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Atlanta author and bookseller Katie Mitchell likes to tell an identity-defining story about her childhood that often pleasantly shocks listeners.
From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and consume poetry. For World Poetry Day, we ...
The only book Martin Bell published in his lifetime was his Collected Poems, a hardback between mustard-coloured paper covers with a wood engraving showing a contemplative puritan poet.
Phillis Wheatley-Peters was kidnapped as a child from West Africa and sold into slavery in Boston. Despite systemic oppression and powerful politicians like Thomas Jefferson questioning her ...
it can be challenging to find truly good poetry books. That’s why we’ve talked to award-winning poets Grace Schulman and Chandanie Somwaru for their recommendations, and I’ve added a few of ...
Happy Valentine's Day 2024: On Valentine's Day 2024, here are 8 romantic poems from literature that express love in the most beautiful and profound ways. The day of love, i.e. Valentine's Day has ...