Six years ago, back in 2013, I blogged about attending the American Academy of Arts & Letters ' annual Ceremonial  award celebratio...

Langston Hughes in Harlem, 1959. (The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) Happy Black History Month!  February ushers in the month ...

Langston Hughes by Carl Van Vechten, 1936 Happy Black History Month! February 1 is also the birthday of Langston Hughes  (1902-1967),...

February 1 always marks the start of US Black History Month, as well as the birthday of one of the greatest poets this country gave the ...

It's National Poetry Month , and also one of the busiest in the year for me (giving exams, reading theses, etc.), but I am aiming to po...

Pastel drawing of Hughes by Winhold Reiss Today is the first day of Black History Month , one of many gifts that Carter G. Woodson ga...

Many, many thanks to everyone who came out to the Poetry for Labor reading and commemoration on Sunday, which was International Labor D...

This weekend brought news of a brouhaha involving the extreme right-wing, homophobic Republican former US Senator from Pennsylvania, Rick Sa...

A poet (I have known for half my adult life, and not least for his prestidigitory skills) decided to engage in his own form of protest durin...

Today begins Black History Month , which is celebrated throughout the month of February in both the United States and Canada (in UK it occur...

Over the last year I've gone through alternating or oscillating waves of planning to end this blog and feeling energized enough to conti...

Before I write anything about the trip, let me first thank poet Aracelis Girmay (author of Teeth , whom I've highlighted on here before...