When my neighbor, Kristen Sneddon, invited me to read poetry at her Mayoral Campaign Kick-off, I did not hesitate to say Yes. I remember when she canvassed the neighborhood during her 2017 City ...

Amanda Gorman mesmerized the nation with her inauguration poem, "The Hill We Climb." The beauty of her presence and the power of her words captured a country battle-scarred and looking for a lifeline.

Lucknow: Poetry and shared food marked an evening celebrating women's voices as Lucknow Bioscope, Sanatkada and Naimatkhana ...

So many women carry deep emotional scars — yawning wounds from childhood, an early love, and other injuries that feel like they happened yesterday (and maybe they did). Fortunately, there's a way to ...

The cover of Daughters of Latin America. Award-winning writer, editor and filmmaker Sandra Guzmán once heard an alarming statistic: Every 14 days, an Indigenous language dies around the world. That is ...

I first read this poem years ago, having never imagined that a person might dip apples into sea salt and vinegar. And years later, I swear, a woman would teach me how tajin turns a green apple into ...

Ancient Greece is known for many things, but how many of us know that there were a select few women who became exceptional ...

I’ve been reading the poems of Honorée Fanonne Jeffers since I was a boy in prison. And now, more than a score of years later, her verse is still making the same complicated music. It’s hard, truly, ...

Urban Beat launched a new event Sunday called “Pzazz ... An Afternoon of Poetry and Jazz,” featuring women performers in recognition of International Women’s Day.

The event showcased three rounds from the eleven finalists of spoken word poetry as well as a 15-minute performance from a mariachi band.

A framed poster of a stamp depicting Langston Hughes, who wrote some of the best poems in American history. Poetry provides the perfect way to indulge in the escapism of reading without the commitment ...