But all poetry, even funny poems and short poems for kids, has a common thread: The poets who write it are interpreters. They take an honest look at events and emotions and boil them down to some ...

It’s clear that “Nickel Boys” is handcrafted with love and respect, offering the real-life victims the dignity that they’ve ...

Jericho Brown is a 2024 MacArthur Fellow and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. He won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize in ...

Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

Thirteen-year-old writer Ariana Shaprow is displaying her poem “The Way It Should Be” at the Mosaic Children’s Museum in Woodland, California, celebrating the accomplishments of ...

Parks also published numerous books, including memoirs, novels, poetry, and photographic ... that didn’t allow entry to Black ...

Due to these heart-wrenching times, here are two Scriptures. Psalm 5:4-5 says, "For you are not a God who is pleased with wickedness; with you, evil people are not welcome. The arrogant cannot ...

The Courage to Dream Black History Month Celebration will take place 6 p.m. Feb. 8 at Mechanics Hall, 321 Main St., Worcester. Doors will open at 4:15 p.m. for a preshow arts exhibition and market ...

The March on Washington in 1963, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, featured live performances ... "In the whole world you know there are a million boys and girls who are young, gifted ...

Parents need to know that Nickel Boys is a drama based on Colson Whitehead's same-named novel about two teenage boys—Elwood (Ethan Harisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson)—who find friendship at a ...

Dark Horse Comics announced on X last weekend that it would no longer release its illustrated series based on Gaiman’s novel, “Anansi Boys.” The seventh of eight planned editions came out earlier this ...

Other days, waking up may be more akin to emerging from a black void with nothing to report. Even if you rarely recall details of your dreams, chances are you’re still having them. Research ...