Two spoken word poets, Lailonie Johnson and Dakohai Matityahu, opened the show, immediately penetrating barriers between performers and the audience as well as between audience members themselves.

Gustavo Hernandez's new book of poetry from FlowerSong Press is deeply rooted in Orange County. Its works explore the ways ...

You know, Black film festivals were born out of the lack of representation. Had we just seen ourselves on screen more in the ...

They are made of truth,” says Nero Kane of the nine songs on his fourth album, For the Love, the Death and the Poetry ...

My parents loved in opposite ways, one gentle and one fierce, but together they taught me that love feeds, protects, and ...

In our age of instant communication and restless scrolling, poetry may seem like a quiet survivor, an art form almost out of ...

When the northern lights dramatically lit up skies across the country earlier this month, poet Silas House was among those of us dazzled from below.