ST. LOUIS — A group of Black female poets from St. Louis will lend their voices to a powerful project this Sunday. In celebration of Women's History Month and the kickoff of National Poetry Month, ...

When it comes to raising a daughter who knows her worth, the right words can be life-changing. Poetry has a unique way of reaching the heart, especially when it’s written by women who understand the ...

A version of this story ran in the March / April 2025 issue. Amanda Johnston learned she would become the 2024 Texas poet laureate via an afternoon cell phone call on an otherwise typical workday in ...

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 ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar, who wrote during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is credited as one of the first influential Black poets in America. A graduate of Howard University, he was ...

Overlooked, underutilized and underpaid is how Terri Bailey said she would characterize the Black artistic community in Gainesville. Born and raised in Gainesville, Bailey has witnessed firsthand how ...

On Friday, Feb. 21, the University of Massachusetts’ Center of Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research and the Black Healing, Joy and Justice Collective held the second annual W.E.B. Du Bois Poetry ...

Naked woman, black womanClothed with your colour which is life,with your form which is beauty!In your shadow I have grown up; thegentleness of your hands was laid over my eyes.And now, high up on the ...

South African poet, storyteller, publisher, editor and activist Diana Ferrus (1953-2026) received a provincial funeral when she passed on 30 January. Ferrus came to embody the resilience of women ...