Poetry
Culture
For Aja Monet, there’s power in the poetry
Her debut album looks at the Black experience through the lenses of self-love, unification, and perseverance
Culture
A poet and a protester, Gil Scott-Heron captured his time — and ours
One of the premier voices of the Black Power movement is being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Culture
Poetry is a tool for Black women to connect to their own divinity
For artist Vanessa German, poetry is a ‘place of power, it is a force that dissolves the tangles and nooses of white supremacy and systemic racism’
Culture
If Black Girl Magic was the inaugural poet
A luminous Amanda Gorman gave us words of repair and reflection
Culture
Kevin Young wants to keep everyday struggles and triumphs at the center of the Blacksonian
The poet, editor and museum director will move from New York’s Schomburg Center to the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Culture
Megan Thee Stallion’s IG Live video is a reminder of ‘We Wear the Mask’ poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar
After being shot nearly two weeks ago, she reemerged in our reductive frame wearing full armor
Culture
‘January 26, 2020’ — a poem for Vanessa Bryant
Poet Nikki Giovanni felt moved to write after watching the memorial for Kobe Bryant and his daughter
Culture
With ‘for colored girls,’ Ntozake Shange gave generations of black women a way to see God in themselves
Saying goodbye to a black feminist who always walked like a lion
HBCU
Spoken-word artist J. Ivy joins HBCU poetry tour to inspire, uplift others
Students can enter Allstate poetry contest to win up to $3,000