Poet Mary Jo Bang has spent the last two decades translating the three books of Dante's Divine Comedy. Purgatorio is the ...

Whatever emotion you're feeling can be found in poetry. So when life brings you down, turn to these inspirational poems to lift your spirits.

Let’s keep things light this month, shall we? Some of the fun offerings on Seattle stages this summer include circus arts, a classic mystery, high-energy musicals and a whirlwind new-play project that ...

Matthew Arnold’s poems often reflect our search for meaning in life. Arnold’s best buddy at Rugby School and later at Oxford ...

ABSTRACT Langston Hughes's understanding of both associative language patterning and the development of scene within his poems shows a keen sense not only of his understanding of the African American ...

Ida B. Wells was a brave journalist and social reformer who helped create the National Association for the Advancement of ...

She was 81. Giovanni was a prolific writer, activist, educator, recipient of the Langston Hughes Medal and NAACP Image Award, Emmy Award winner, Grammy Award nominee and much more.

She was 81. Giovanni was a prolific writer, activist, educator, recipient of the Langston Hughes Medal and NAACP Image Award, Emmy Award winner, Grammy Award nominee and much more.

And Smith curated the just-released “Blues in Stereo,” a collection of the early poems of the great Langston Hughes, a leader of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance of writers and artists.

An earlier visit from Langston Hughes likewise inspired her poetic pursuits. The exhibition is the result of a partnership with the Anne Spencer House and Garden Museum. (Photo by Matt Riley, ...

Black poetry has always been a powerful medium through which African Americans have expressed their pain, joy, struggle, and ...