She is the 2023 Northeast Regional Youth Poet Laureate. At Northwestern, she’s co-president of the Black Poetry Society. She wears her inspiration on her sleeve – or more accurately ...

Risher’s “Room Swept Home” is steeped in Virginia and familial history. It considers the challenges faced by two of her ...

This long weekend brings parades, concerts and solemn ceremonies honoring Memorial Day. It’s also a time for celebrating ...

Gwendolyn Brooks, a 32-year-old housewife and part-time secretary, has won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for “Annie Allen,” a ballad of Black Chicago life on May 1, 1950. Brooks is the first ...

The inaugural Art Triennial kicks off this Thursday with contemporary public art pieces on display throughout the city for ...

Price’s poetry collections — “Blood Flow” and “Wise Blood,” among others — earned national honors, including the William Meredith Award and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. He called his ...

The Black Girl Magic Ball, celebrating its eighth year, honored five Black women artists and trailblazers in the creative field.

Under the leadership of executive director J.K. Fowler, who was appointed in 2024, the festival once again is huge, with nearly 300 speakers, more than 80 panels and interactive events at multiple ...

Hemphill, a Black, gay poet and activist who died from AIDS-related complications in 1995, was a unparalleled voice for queer ...

At OhioHealth Marion Medical Campus, Robin Dye, RN, supports patients through pain management, and her nephew, Dylan Black, oversees imaging operations. Outside of work, the two share a creative ...