Walker’s first published poem was “I Want To Write.” She wrote “For My People” in 1937 and published her first collection of ...

Perhaps a lot of us first encountered the poems of Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes in a classroom where he numbered among the few writers of color we were assigned to study. Danez Smith, the ...

Award-winning US poet Nikki Giovanni, who was at the forefront of the Black Arts Movement, died aged 81 after a long battle ...

A poet, novelist, fiction writer, and playwright, Langston Hughes is known for his insightful, colorful portrayals of black life in America from the twenties through the sixties and was important in ...

Yolande Cornelia “Nikki” Giovanni Jr., the beloved Knoxville native and internationally recognized poet and provocateur, died ...

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

Last season, Wheaton made his debut directing “Black Nativity,” for which he was nominated by Broadway World for 2024 Best Direction of a Musical. “The first half is Langston Hughes’ words and text, ...

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