One of America's foremost Black poets, Hughes writes that dreams are essential to a happy life. That the powerful play goes ...

Explore a curated list of famous poems that everyone should read, featuring timeless classics and modern masterpieces that ...

It will, as the poet writes, make “all the difference” in life. Frozen with snow. Langston Hughes, a significant voice in American poetry, one of the most well-recognized Black poets of the ...

Written in 1927 by Black poet and playwright Angelina Weld ... If the woman in your life loves poems, “Bright Star” is sure to impress her. We’ve all felt the thrill and heartbreak of ...

Coming home and leaving home — the transition between military life and civilian life ... One vet writes, “Brown, Black, Asian, Indian or White are all in this battle of survival;” Another’s poem says ...

YOUSEF: I don't write poems; poems write my story ... FATOUMATA: Whether you are black, white, yellow, red, or even mixed race, it is together that we are strong. OLIVIA: We ask you to create a space ...

Phillip B. Williams, Denene Milner, and Ayana Mathis detail the distinct origins of the generational works that span across ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include an extraordinary posthumous collection from Gboyega Odubanjo and JH Prynne’s ...

The 18th Austin African American Book Festival will be at the George Washington Carver Library and Museum in Austin on ...

Summer can be a reminder of how much we need to recharge. Poet Tess Taylor is interviewing experts on the art of unplugging, ...

Madison Public Library’s Sequoya branch hosted the Summer Poetry Festival, with featured poet Natasha Oladokun and special ...