Their mission was to research and promote the achievements of Black Americans and other people of African descent, including famous black poets. During Black History Month, the black community ...

She's reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing Gen Z off their phones and ...

A poet beloved by Polish readers, and – if this phrase doesn’t sound too oxymoronic – even a popular poet. Bolesław Leśmian was born in Warsaw in 1877. He spent most of his youth in Ukraine, where his ...

Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

Reputations are made and rewards distributed within the poetry subculture. To adapt Russell Jacoby's definition of contemporary academic renown from The Last Intellectuals, a "famous" poet now ...

The poet laureate will serve as an ambassador for the arts to promote creative expression and inspire writers across the ...

Over the centuries, poets have often used ancient Greece as their "muse," resulting in some of the most magnificent poems ever written.

Poets’ Corner, Westminster Abbey, is a place of pilgrimage for literature lovers. More than 100 poets and writers are buried or have memorials here. And, so began a tradition of burials and memorials ...

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...