“Thret,” which is probably my favorite piece in the book, reads like a tiny crime novel with speculative elements. It’s ...

What do you think this title/phrase means: “I have stood up for you?” What questions, if any, do you have about this phrase? ...

Legendary poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni got her start while a youngster in Cincinnati's suburbs. 'I am a ...

The distinctive dialogue between poetry and visual art turns observers into participants and prompts them to respond ...

Jeet Thayil's new poetry collection, "I'll Have It Here," delves into grief, politics, and personal elegies with poignant ...

Nikki Giovanni did not dream of being a writer, but her writing left an indelible mark on America and the world.

They say never meet your heroes, but I met this architect of Black joy in 2017 and learned an important life lesson ...

Nikki Giovanni, a prominent poet, civil rights activist and educator, has died at 81. 'We will forever be grateful for the ...

Heid E. Erdrich was honored at the Minneapolis American Indian Center on Thursday for her time as poet laureate. She ...

The Palestine Festival of Literature will come to Minneapolis for the first time on Dec. 9. The event will feature ...

The passing of another year is close at hand, and I find myself thinking of people I lost in 2024. Each month, it seems, I ...

Nikki Giovanni, a queer Black poet, activist, educator, speaker, and public intellectual whose craft and writing on sex, love ...