"I remember reading a story about enslaved black ... and poetry." The poem was about how her best friend at the time wasn't giving her enough space. "It was always, 'Yes, I'm learning to love ...

Hope Wabuke is a Southern California-based writer and a contributing editor at The Root. Follow her on Twitter.In 1996 the Academy of American Poets dubbed April National Poetry Month to celebrate ...

The quotes below are from some of his most famous writings, honoring what would have been his 115 th birthday Wednesday. “Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird ...

Revered Black queer poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s literary works have finally returned to print in a newly released collection called Love is a Dangerous Word: the Selected Poems of Essex ...