With words that pulse with vulnerability, sensuality, retrospection, and joy, a gifted collective of Black queer poets are ...

Nikki Giovanni was a one-of-a-kind writing talent who tackled everything from racism to love to life and death in her works.

Author of more than 25 books, she was a born confessor and performer whom fans came to know well from her work, her readings and other appearances.

Her poems span from faith to love and as mentioned, Black culture. “What do you hope you leave your audience with every time?” Camille Syed asked. “Just a sense of pride for being Black: Black culture ...

Local poets featured on the new album "Black Charlotte: A Poetic Celebration of Place & Folk" will perform poems from the album for the first time at the Carolina Theatre on Friday, as part of ...

Whatever emotion you're feeling can be found in poetry. So when life brings you down, turn to these inspirational poems to lift your spirits.

She's reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing Gen Z off their phones and to her shows.

The Santa Fe College Downtown Campus came alive with themes of Black love and community on Feb. 15 at the fifth annual “Celebration of Black Love, Art and Poetry.” ...

The state was home to the historically important Black poetry group the Dark Room Collective and is still home to the Grolier Poetry Book Shop, the oldest continuously operating book store in the ...