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...

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

Michelle Obama, by Amy Sherald Yesterday ago a public ceremony, former President Barack Obama  and former First Lady Michelle Obama  un...

A few years ago, The New Yorker published an article, "The Dark Room Collective: Where Black Poetry Took Wing," about the Dark ...

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

In addition to being friends  Mendi + Keith Obadike  are among my favorite contemporary artists. At one of their online sites , BlackArt...

Here are some photos from Amiri Baraka 's (1935-2014) homegoing ceremony at the Symphony Hall  on Broad Street  in Newark. It was a re...

Amiri Baraka (at right), at NYU, May 3, 2014 "What will be / the sacred words?" - Amiri Baraka A great light, a fire, a f...

Benjamin Patterson, attaching my thought headband This year's November in New York has brought many things, not least among them ...

Some photos from events I never got around to blogging. Enjoy! Phillis Levin, at the " John Donne, Re-Done " reading and ...