The Historical Poetry of Frank X Walker,” Dr. Kristine Yohe is taking another step in her career to educate everyone she can on the importance of Black literature. It will be the first book to examine ...

The festival runs Dec. 6-14 at venues across town, from Cafe Istanbul to the Tulane University School of Public Health. The ...

In collaboration with Poets Against Racism & Hate USA, Indiana Poet Laureate Curtis L. Crisler will be presenting a pop-up ...

Multi-award-winning poet Hafsat Abdullahi, popularly known as Havfy, has captured the attention of over 125,000 Instagram followers with her powerful words and unapologetic advocacy. In this ...

From local poetry competitions in Nakuru to sold-out international shows in the US and The Netherlands and over 100,000 ...

Explore the early beginnings of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, one of Nigeria’s most celebrated writers. Learn how her first ...

On Nov. 3, Tina Chang, Brooklyn’s first female Poet Laureate, gave a Morris Gray Poetry Reading at the Barker Center.

Three new collections by mid-career poets lay claim to stories of identity, suffering and hope, to a kind of collective ...

The 2026 AVBOB Poetry Competition closes at 23:59 on 30 November 2025. Fabulous prizes await the winners, whose names will be announced at a gala event towards the end of next year. The judges will ...

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(MENAFN- The Conversation) For 10 years, Ghanaian poet Kwame Dawes and his friend the Nigerian writer Chris Abani have sifted through piles of manuscripts looking for Africa's new poetic talent. Since ...