The full programme for Lyra – Bristol Poetry Festival 2025 has now been announced, with the festival set to make a welcome return on April 25 and run until May 4. As an organisation, their aim is “to ...

Phillis Wheatley-Peters was kidnapped as a child from West Africa and sold into slavery in Boston. Despite systemic ...

Charles Baudelaire is our most religious 19th-century poet. It’s just that his poetry does religion in the mode of anti-religion.

The immersive poetry experience, titled “Hope” is taking place on Friday, March 21, marking this year’s celebration of the ...

A new documentary that focuses on the value of public libraries in American life will be screened at 7 p.m. March 20, at the ...

What sets spoken word artist and new Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley apart from others is her vulnerability and honesty ...

Juliana Huxtable is one of the most creatively lethal working artists right now—she’s an immense force in fashion, poetry, fine art, and electronic music.

Revered Black queer poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s literary works have finally returned to print in a newly released ...

Storyteller and bookseller Katie Mitchell honors over fifty Black bookstores in her new book, exploring their role in shaping ...

When last heard from in these pages, Swoyersville native John Yamrus had 39 published books to his credit. Now, 14 months ...

Carroll County students amplified Black voices at 10th annual African American Read-with poetry, prose and music.

The Black Heritage Foundation of Billings hosted their Open Mic Xpression Night at Kirks' Grocery on Wednesday to close out Black History Month.