James Baldwin (Associated Press) "Until my father died I thought I could do something else. I had wanted to be a musician, thought...

Shira Dentz I first saw some of Claude Monet 's (1840-1926) "Waterlilies" paintings on a school trip to the Art Institut...

A few years ago, when her first book appeared, I shared two poems by giovanni singleton , a poet I've known and been a fan of for ye...

Rita Dove, in 2017 (from Wikipedia.com) One of the highlights of my youth was working across the hall from Rita Dove  (1952-), one of...

Douglas Kearney Posting poems about art works and ones using ekphrasis has been illuminating, because one thing I've always known a...

Robin Coste Lewis One of the leading volumes of poetry published in 2015 was Robin Coste Lewis 's debut,  The Voyage of the Sable V...

Derrick Austin The first time I came across this poem at wildness  by Derrick Austin , directed there via Twitter (and I think I retw...

Tyehimba Jess Several years ago, Tyehimba Jess (1965-), winner of last year's Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his innovative, rich and...

' William Melvin Kelley (1937-2017: RIP), from "My Next to Last Hit by 'C. C. Johnson'," in  Blacks at Harvar...

Tyehimba Jess CONGRATULATIONS  to poet and friend Tyehimba Jess , who was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for his new collect...

(Photo by John Phillips/Pool photo via AP) Congratulations to Paul Beatty , winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize , for his...

The Rutgers-Newark full commencement ceremonies, at the Prudential Center UPDATED : Rutgers-Newark held its Commencement ceremonies on...

Recently BOMB Magazine   offered me and other writers and creative types the opportunity to share my thoughts some of the many books we...