Nikki Giovanni, one of the key figures of the Black Arts Movement, has died at 81. Giovanni was a poet, essayist, children’s book author, activist and professor. Her death in Blacksburg, Virginia, on ...

In December 1990, poet Cornelius Eady, now 71, was feeling dispirited by the literary world. He’d attended the Assn. of Writers & Writing Programs conference in Denver that year and felt like he was ...

DAYTON — News Center 7 continues to highlight Black History Month. On Thursday, News Center 7′s Xavier Hershovitz spoke with Poet David matthews. (He spells his name in lowercase because he says, “I ...

Kwame Alexander is an award-winning poet, a bestselling author of 38 books, most recently of "Why Fathers Cry At Night," and now he has curated a new collection of poems by other contemporary poets, ...

She taught us how to ego trip and know that we were loved, all with her signature smile and soul-nourishing words. On Monday, Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., renowned American poet, writer, ...

James Madison University’s fourth decennial Furious Flower Poetry Conference is scheduled for Sept. 18-21. The landmark conference will also include a banquet on Wednesday, September 18 that will ...

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