Paul Revere raced through the Massachusetts country side on horseback to warn patriot leaders that British soldiers were on ...

Kwame Dawes is a poet, actor and musician whose work is shaped by a journey that started in Ghana, where he was born, all the way to Jamaica, where he was raised. Dawes, who joined the staff at Brown ...

and her passion just sort of carried me on and I kept doing it. What did your parents make of your interest in poetry? They were immigrants … math and science people. Their opinion was “As long as you ...

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

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

One is named Jessica Barlevi, an abused wife and mother of three children who says, “I used to write out lines of Dickinson’s ...

Skye Jackson’s debut poetry collection, “Libre,” leads off with a poem that, back in 2021, won her deserved acclaim.

What’s your favorite Langston Hughes poem? Maybe it’s one you grew up with. Maybe it’s one you stumbled across in a moment of ...

Unlike in previous, more or less normal times, the devil right now is not in the details. Normalization, Rationalization, ...

I’ve lived in New York City longer than I’ve lived anywhere else in my life, and I can tell you for a fact ... rest of my block to plant them with me. Every year, we enjoy them.

you’ll find a selection of amusing poetry: Some imagine fun fantasy scenarios, some are just well-constructed limericks that poke fun at nonsense and others are poems for kids that will make you ...

The Korean drama When Life Gives You Tangerines ... To The Heart That Leaves Me Behind by Oh Ae-sun of Dodong-dong, Jeju: A poignant exploration of loss and longing, this poem delves into the ...