LONDON (AP) — Benjamin Zephaniah, a British poet, political activist and actor who drew huge inspiration from his Caribbean roots, has died. He was 65. Benjamin Zephaniah, Black British poet and ...

Nikki Giovanni — poet and civil rights activist — has died. She was 81. (Deborah Feingold) Poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni, a prominent figure during the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s ...

Penguin has updated its essential reference on modern American poetry, and for the first time, it is edited by a black poet: Rita Dove. The volume went on sale Oct. 25. Here are some of the African ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Aurélia Durand / For The Times) In December 1990, poet Cornelius Eady, now 71, was feeling dispirited by the literary world. He’d ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Black poets and other writers read their work Thursday night at ‘A Nation in Exile’ event at 21c Museum at the Kansas City Hotel. “I just think it’s important for every single ...

Black Poetry Day does more than fill a spot on the calendar; it serves as a reminder that poetry has launched movements, created community, challenged power, and given poets a lane to voice their ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nikki Giovanni — poet and civil rights activist — has died. She was 81. (Deborah Feingold) Poet and civil rights activist Nikki ...

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 ...