poetry

Arts and Culture

Nikki Giovanni, iconic poet and voice of the Black Arts Movement, dies at 81

Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent - December 11, 2024

Giovanni rose to prominence during the 1960s as a fierce voice in the Black Arts Movement, alongside literary giants such as Amiri Baraka, Audre...

Arts and Culture

You are my Kindred Spirit: how growing up Black in ‘the quiet racism of Scotland’ shaped the art and politics of Maud Sulter

The Conversation - December 6, 2024

Images of Maud Sulter and her family in the 1960s. Keith Hunter / The Tramway / Maud Sulter Estate. by Joe Jackson, University of Nottingham She was...

Arts and Culture

How World War I sparked the artistic movement that transformed Black America

The Conversation - February 14, 2024

Aaron Douglas. "Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery to Reconstruction." Oil on canvas, 1934. The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in...

Entertainment

Rare unpublished letter by Lord Byron discovered In UK mansion

zengernews - January 19, 2024

by Isobel Williams An exceptionally rare letter from the original “Wild Child” and poet Lord Byron that has never been published before has been discovered...

Arts and Culture

Literature inspired my medical career: Why the humanities are needed in health care

The Conversation - January 9, 2024

Medicine is as much about the human experience as it is about biology. Jonathan Knowles/Stone via Getty Images by Irène Mathieu, University of Virginia While there is...

Arts and Culture

Louise Glück honed her poetic voice across a lifetime to speak to us from beyond the grave

The Conversation - October 28, 2023

by Amy Cannon, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences When asked what her response was to being awarded the Nobel Prize in literature...

Arts and Culture

Ada Limón is a poet laureate for the 21st century, exploring ‘what it looks like to have America in the room’

The Conversation - October 1, 2022

by Amy Cannon, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences “Ada Limón is a poet who connects.” This was how Librarian of Congress Carla...

Digital Daily

What veterans’ poems can teach us about healing on Memorial Day

Courier Newsroom - May 30, 2022

by James Dubinsky, Virginia Tech Memorial Day, a national holiday to honor the 1.17 million men and women who have died to create and maintain...

Arts and Culture

How a poet and professor promotes racial understanding with history

Courier Newsroom - April 7, 2022

by Quraysh Ali Lansana, Oklahoma State University Quraysh Ali Lansana is the director of the Center for Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation at Oklahoma State...

Arts and Culture

How poetry can help people get through hard times

Courier Newsroom - March 22, 2022

Poetry can be a way for people to come together. Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images – 4 essential reads by Alvin Buyinza, The Conversation When Russia invaded...

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