Choosing the right words was a gift that Everett Hoagland, the first Poet Laureate of New Bedford, had and used to create a ...

The album, out on 7/11 from Blue LLama Records interweaves classic poetry with timeless music. We spoke with Harris about the ...

"There is not one American experience! … Let us resist the persistent push to limit the narrative of our nation’s past," ...

Stephanie Burt discusses the transformative power of queer poetry in her anthology "Super Gay Poems" in an exclusive ...

Along the right side of the flag is the date June 19, 1865, the day Pulido called, “Freedom Day, our nation’s second ...

Barbara Holdridge and a friend found unlikely commercial success in the 1950s with recordings of such famous writers as Dylan Thomas and T.S. Eliot reciting their work. Holdridge died Monday at 95.

Langston Hughes's understanding of both associative language patterning and the development of scene within his poems shows a keen sense not only of his understanding of the African American ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...

Roxane Gay, the New York Times bestselling author and noted scholar, is the City College of New York's 2025 Langston Hughes Medal recipient. She'll receive the Medal at CCNY's 46th annual Langston ...

"The 2025 Langston Hughes Festival Theme is Black Love, and we will celebrate Black Love in all its iterations," said Jervette R. Ward, Festival Director and Chair of CCNY's Black Studies Department.

And Smith curated the just-released “Blues in Stereo,” a collection of the early poems of the great Langston Hughes, a leader of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance of writers and artists.

Queer literature isn’t just a modern phenomenon; it boasts a rich and diverse history that spans centuries. From the lyrical ...