Arthur Sze has been named the 25th U.S. poet laureate, becoming the first Asian American to hold the post. “Distinctly American”: The Library of Congress announced Sze’s selection on Sept. 15. Like ...
In his new book, New York City Poet Pierre Gervois delivers a provocative and searing indictment of the relations of power in today’s divided America. Oct. 9, 2025 / PRZen / NEW YORK — Super Leftist ...
Black Poetry Day does more than fill a spot on the calendar; it serves as a reminder that poetry has launched movements, created community, challenged power and given poets a lane to voice their ...
Two Cincinnati poets captured the spirit of the Civil War. Now, an Anderson Township man wants to find the poem that reflects ...
EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON (318 pp.)—Ellsworth Barnard—Macmillan ($4.75). Six months after her son’s birth in December 1869, Mrs. Robinson of Head Tide, Me. had not got around to naming the baby, her ...
She taught us how to ego trip and know that we were loved, all with her signature smile and soul-nourishing words. On Monday, Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., renowned American poet, writer, ...
The business of reviving writers from the past reflects the fashions of the present — which means that a neglected author who doesn’t fit our current fashions is probably going to stay neglected, no ...
Catawba welcomes NC poet laureate: Jaki Shelton Green slated for public reading, book signing Nov. 6
Catawba College is honored to welcome Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina’s first African American and third female poet laureate, for a public reading and book signing at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Fady Joudah, a Palestinian American poet who has said he writes for the future because “the present is demolished,” has received a $100,000 award from Poets & Writers. Joudah is this ...
In 1761, a young girl crossed the Atlantic on a slave ship. Captured in West Africa and transported to Boston, where she was enslaved by John and Susanna Wheatley. They named her Phillis, after the ...
In this year’s poetry roundup, some of the poets whose collections we discuss are Catholic, some are not. But regardless of ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback