Mahogany L. Browne’s first taste of Internet fame came when her poem “Black Girl Magic” — which she had recited in a single, self-assured take for PBS’s “NewsHour” in 2016 — found its way to Facebook.

the most-watched poet on YouTube. Hilborn’s career started with an ending. In 2013, he was a creative writing student at Macalester College in Minnesota, where he competed in slam poetry events. “OCD, ...

Smith’s dear white america was a viral phenomenon. Launching a new collection, Don’t Call Us Dead, the poet is in polemical mood about the black experience in the US If you watch Danez Smith’s poem ...