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The Nation magazine issues apology after backlash for publishing offensive poem from a white guy

NYC performer welcomes a world without anti-Blackness in “immersive abolitionist fairy-tale,” ‘Neptune’

Rwandan publishing house Imagine We is cultivating African storytelling for global readers

Poetry reading is up in America, but there’s still more work to be done to sustain readers

Book publicist Saraciea Fennell is bringing a POC centered book festival to the Bronx-It’s lit!

A Black woman transforms conditioned silence into language: How Audre Lorde induced my rebirth

Finalists for 30th annual Lambda Literary awards honoring LGBTQ literature announced

PEN announces 2018 longlist candidates, here are the nominees of color!

NPR releases Best Books of 2017 app, here are some picks by Black writers

The Blackest National Book Awards ever will be livestreamed on Facebook

National Book Awards finalists show that black art matters

Tracy K. Smith Is The New U.S. Poet Laureate

Revolutionary Poetry for Edward Crawford

Young Detroit poet King Thomas Moore wins $15,000 grant for 12 & under open mic series

Artist Makeda Lewis on Luck And Her Now Iconic Afro-Feminist Coloring Book

This Poet’s Tearful ‘I’m Sorry’ Poem Shows Our Continuing Failure To Address Rape

Call for Submissions: The King Bey Bible

This Powerful Poem Tells The Story of Black Boys Who ‘Die Easy’

This Video Debunks The Myth Of ‘Black On Black Crime’

This Poem Explains Why You Need To ‘Hide Your Shea Butter’ From White People

Read Alice Walker’s Powerful Poem Inspired By Jesse Williams’ BET Awards Speech

Harvard Graduate Gives Powerful Spoken Word Poem at Graduation

Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib Delivers Touching Poem On Black Death

Poet Beautifully Details Black Women’s Struggles At PWI’s

Michael B. Jordan Reportedly Cast In Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’

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