In nearly 60 poems, Myers (145th Street) treats readers to a tour of Harlem's past and present, its hopes and fears, through the voices of narrators young and old. Together they create a pastiche of ...
A white teacher at a multi-racial San Diego elementary school has been suspended for using the N-word while reciting an iconic Harlem Renaissance poem about black author Countee Cullen's experience ...
The director of the Studio Museum chooses some of her most beloved books about the neighborhood—both as a place and as an ...
Maya Angelou was indeed a phenomenal woman -- creating bodies of art with dancing, singing, poetry and, yes, hip-hop. The late author was a fan of music and before she passed away earlier this year, ...
Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets of all time. He was the first Black writer and poet to make his living through his words. He led the Harlem Renaissance, ...
BOMB Magazine, has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981. BOMB’s founders—New York City-based artists and writers—created BOMB because they saw a disparity ...
The front cover photo of a smiling Duke Ellington and two of his singers, circa 1938, will pull readers in, but the 54 poems, in different voices, are from invented speakers, not famous ones, “here in ...
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