Tag: Poet

Earth, I Thank You: The Backyard and Legacy of Anne Spencer Now Streaming Nationwide — The Backyard Conservancy’s new documentary ...

Vivian Elizabeth Ayers Allen, the Pulitzer Prize–nominated poet, cultural activist, and mom of Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad, has died ...

Colorado has misplaced certainly one of its most passionate and influential voices with the demise of Andrea Gibson, the state’s ...

Nationwide — Actor, educator, and political poet Addison Witt is as soon as once more turning heads with a robust ...

Within the bustling creative panorama of Chicago, the place rhythm meets poetry and neighborhood activism thrives alongside artistic expression, Ok ...

Ericka Alston BuckSpecial to the AFRONative poet and writer Mecca “Meccamorphosis” Verdell stars because the main woman in acclaimed filmmaker ...

By Tashi McQueenAFRO Workers Writertmcqueen@afro.comPoets, musicians and creatives of each style joined authors, activists and legislators in mourning the loss ...

Nationwide — Rising writer Davon Ansley has formally launched his debut poetry assortment, Dwelling…, a heartfelt compilation of 100 poems ...

The Smithsonian’s Nationwide Museum of African American Historical past and Tradition (NMAAHC) has acquired the most important personal assortment of ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Rita Dove has a pointy, easy objective in response to receiving a Nationwide Guide Award for lifetime achievement: “I ...