This Christmas garden poem was written for this column more than 30 years ago. It is still the most requested encore of any ...

Legendary poet and civil rights activist Nikki Giovanni died Monday. She got her start as a child growing up in Cincinnati's ...

Her poetry, essays and written work on social issues made her famous around the world. Her las book of poetry, “The Last Book ...

Jake Stevens Crisp Autumn Morning Leaves crunching as they fall I see Summer creeping away As people start wearing jackets I ...

From Mick Gordon's electrifying Doom soundtrack to Sam Lake dancing on stage, here are the best musical performances over the ...

The poet, who died Monday, set the course for her revolutionary career early, and charted it faithfully for decades by ...

Iconic poet Nikki Giovanni, renowned for her trailblazing voice in American literature and activism, has died at the age of ...

‘The Princess of Black Poetry” Nikki Giovanni has died. She was 81 years old. Giovanni’s wife said she died from ...

Keith Boykin discusses Donald Trump's threat to democracy, drawing parallels to Nazi Germany. Learn about the dangers of ...

Born in Houma, the recipient grew up in Lafayette and has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology. His award-winning book will be ...

Dr. Brandon Kilbourne's “Natural History” is this year's winner of the Cave Canem award, given for work by an unpublished Black poet. The award was first presented, in 1999, to Trethewey, a Pulitzer ...