NMAF copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. NMAF copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Contents Part I. In the beginning was the word: Friday, August ...
ELIZABETH ACEVEDO: Dominican-American author and spoken word artist best known for her young adult novel-in-verse “The Poet X,” winner of a National Book Award, discusses “Family Lore,” her first ...
SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Kicking off National Poetry Month, the renowned spoken word artist Poetic X joins me for a conversation about his 6th annual poetry festival, upcoming documentary, and ...
In the wake of Malcolm X’s assassination in the winter of 1965, Black and brown poets like Amiri Baraka, Miguel Algarin, and Sonia Sanchez consciously rejected effete paper poems for those that sought ...