Black Nature features work by contemporary writers, alongside poems by writers like Phillis Wheatley, who was born in Africa in the mid-18th century and brought to America as a slave in 1761 ...

What follows is a list of 20 books — works of fiction, drama and poetry, presented chronologically by category — that testify to the richness of the Black American literary archive.

Their poems explore with tenderness and anxiety the joys and perils of being a father -- especially a black father -- and how to escape the mistakes of past generations. Full Episode Saturday, Jun 21 ...

His poem imagines what it would be like to be the first Black kid in space. Eva Anthony, 10 Eva Anthony’s poem, Advice, includes suggestions for adults on how to live their lives.

Utah-raised poet Rio Cortez examines being a Black pioneer, ... “but also a way to celebrate Black people in the West.” The poems in “Golden Ax” have been 10 years in the making, she said.

Derrick Harris/Da Poetry Lounge. After moving to a couple of different locations over the years DPL finally settled in the Greenway Court Theatre at Fairfax High School in 2000, where it remains.

Eventually, we came up with this poem: Black Hair Tie. Into the infinite portal: ... So don't dismiss poetry as only being about love, life, death, and the current political climate.

Poet Aja Monet’s Cure for Loneliness She’s reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing Gen Z off their phones and to her shows.

Poetry readings from members of The Griot Collective of West Tennessee, and a musical performance by Lonita Dickerson marked City Hall's second, weekly celebration of Black History Month on Friday ...

A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the New York Times bestselling author of This Here Flesh and creator of Black Liturgies "A true ...

Thirteen-year-old writer Ariana Shaprow is displaying her poem "The Way It Should Be" at the Mosaic Children's Museum in Woodland, California, celebrating the accomplishments of her ancestors and ...