Sonia Sanchez's poetry delves into community, love, empowerment, and social justice themes. Her work reflects on black individuals and communities' struggles, triumphs, and resilience throughout ...

When you’re done, check out these moving love poems for the woman in your life. Langston Hughes isn’t just one of the most well-known Black poets of the early 20th century—he’s one of the ...

Overlooked, underutilized and underpaid is how Terri Bailey said she would characterize the Black artistic community in Gainesville. Born and raised in Gainesville, Bailey has witnessed firsthand ...

If poets are often characterized ... As she writes in her poem “castaway,” “the wound teaches us to remember where tomorrow glows.” Black artists have been doing this for centuries, ...

In honor of Black History Month, The Crimson’s Arts Board reflected on their favorite poems written by Black authors, and ...

MINNEAPOLIS — For The Love of Blaq Art is celebrating Black artists, poets and creators Thursday in Minneapolis. The event ...

His 1993 book Ceremonies was his only published full-length collection — with the pioneering work pulling together poetry and prose that explored themes of sex and love from the Black queer ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Dr. Fabu Phillis Carter is Madison's first African American Poet Laureate. She held that role from 2008 to 2012. The African American scholar received her last degree from the ...