"Poets like Sylvia Plath, Mary Oliver and Adrienne Rich showed me there was a way out with words," writes former Mennonite ...

The first Midlands Fringe festival was held last year and, after securing new funding, the organisers said it would take ...

At 18 years old, Ed Pavlić attended college to pursue a business degree. Nearly 40 years later, as a distinguished research ...

The Pulitzer Prizes announced their 2026 winners and finalists this week. James McWilliams' The Life and Poetry of Frank Stanford, published by the U of A Press, was one of three finalists in the ...

Opera Philadelphia is bringing to stage the Philadelphia premiere of ”The Black Clown,” a show based on the poetry of ...

Dallas has appointed Black Ceasar and Cadence Diggs as its new poet laureates, aiming to make poetry more accessible and inclusive. The pair will host workshops, readings, and community events to ...

Pianist Chelsea Randall will perform six commissioned solo piano works inspired by Black Arts Movement poetry at Brooklyn's ...

Dallas’ new poet laureates, Black Caesar and Cadence Diggs, are working to bring poetry into schools, communities and make it ...

From Langston Hughes’s jazz-infused verses to Amanda Gorman’s stirring inauguration performance, Black poets have long used their words to reflect, resist, and inspire. Their work spans themes of ...

If it’s one thing about Black folks, we know how to party! Another thing: While African American history and culture is rarely honored, Black folks have taken it upon themselves to not only honor the ...

Fashion icon Michael Kors designed Anne Hathaway's Met Gala dress in collaboration visual artist Peter McGough.

On Friday, Feb. 21, the University of Massachusetts’ Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research and the Black Healing, Joy and Justice Collective held the second annual W.E.B. Du Bois Poetry ...