Maya Angelou, considered one of the best poets in history, signs copies of "Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. Poetry is a ...

This weekend’s The Clearing in a Germantown arboretum is part of a project to identify, celebrate, and memorialize Philly’s Black women poets. Yolanda Wisher (left) and Trapeta Mayson (right) both ...

I am deeply drawn to poetry by women. This rich tradition juxtaposes the individual with the collective and elevates accessible language to craft the spoken-song that is poetry. So, imagine my delight ...

Women's Voices of Resistance: Seven Women Poets features a powerful poetry reading at Teatro Paraguas on June 1, 2025. Organized by Katherine DiBella Seluja, this event showcases the talents of seven ...

German-born philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein famously said that the limits of our language are the limits of our world. Concrete poetry, a transnational movement that materialized in the 1950s, ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Organized by Katherine DiBella Seluja, the poets are: Tina Carlson, Alicia Elkhart ...

Colleen J. McElroy, a nationally known poet and the first Black woman to serve as a full-time faculty member at the University of Washington, died of natural causes Dec. 12. She was 88. Rising to ...

(The Conversation) — Valentine’s Day often revives attention on romantic themes in literature. Stories are cited in media with the aim of helping people navigate the demands of the human heart on a ...