We humans have been creating poetry since practically the beginning of time… or, you know, since about right around then, anyway — first through song and chants, through images, and finally by ...

There was a time, not too long ago, when many people could only name one, maybe two, poets — often a long-dead White man named William Shakespeare, Robert Frost or Walt Whitman. Meanwhile, the Lincoln ...

(CNN) — There was a time, not too long ago, when many people could only name one, maybe two, poets — often a long-dead White man named William Shakespeare, Robert Frost or Walt Whitman. Meanwhile, the ...

Poetry met passion on Thursday night in the Vanderslice Hall Cabaret Room as a series of Black poets read poems about their life experiences, and self-love during Living In Color: Spoken Word Poetry ...

Jessica Yatrofsky's art often seems like an invitation. Through her photography—including, notably, her books I <3 Boy and I <3 Girl, which explore themes of gender and identity and liberation in a ...

SANTA CRUZ — From Scotts Valley to Watsonville and everywhere in between, it is well-known that Santa Cruz County is an artist haven. That goes not just for visual artists and musicians but writers ...

From Hollywood movies to children’s books, there has probably never been more discussion of how people of color are represented in American culture than there is right now. Efforts like #OscarsSoWhite ...

Visuality has always been a part of the world of poetry and poetic meaning has always been a part of visual art. This exhibition explores to zone between these two fields. Working on wooden panels ...

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A Detroit-area performance of poetry and music by two women of color serves to mark Black History Month and kick off the Arab American National Museum’s concert series. The ...

You look like a monkey, And you smell like one, too. Alas, thou guesseth correctlyeth. I ain’t much when it comes to this poetry thing. I try, but I just don’t get it. Besides, I’ve seen yellow roses, ...

On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D sat down with acclaimed poet, recording artist, organizer and activist Aja Monet for a wide ranging conversation about poetry, Hip Hop, Black expression and her new ...