By Griffin Mancuso Photo by Griffin Mancuso | Sarai Bordeaux starts off the People’s Mic Poetry Slam calling for the audience to take care of themselves and let themselves process their emotions.

A dozen pairs, including actress Loretta Devine and her hubby Glenn, Larenz Tate and wife Tomasina, and young lovers, stepped out for the annual event.

F or too long, the landscape of romance literature has lacked diversity, leaving readers of color searching for stories that ...