Poetry

Listen back to our interview with Philadelphia's poet laureate, Airea D. Matthews, who was recently awarded $50,000 by the Academy of American Poets.

Airea D. Matthews will use the money to put poetry written by local writers who have experienced violence onto public billboards.

This weekend’s The Clearing in a Germantown arboretum is part of a project to identify, celebrate, and memorialize Philly’s Black women poets.

The interactive event will feature a number of renowned artists, storytellers, and poets.

Poet Nina Elizabeth Ball taps into her love for the arts as director of programming and education at the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP).

Jazz on Market in Camden celebrates the late Sandra Turner-Barnes and Lamont Dixon and their artistic contributions. It’s the first event at their new Market Street home.

Composer Valerie Coleman said the words of Sanchez’s poem about the innocence of Black children naturally translated to notes for a new work by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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Airea D. Matthews’ road to honored poet was a winding one, having left behind a career in the business world to pursue her art.

Poet, educator, and activist Sonia Sanchez is this year's winner of the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize.

Larry Robin will publish the 25th anniversary edition of the annual anthology Poetry Ink, and stage a marathon poetry reading event via Zoom to celebrate.

WHYY convened and celebrated Philadelphia’s spoken wordsmiths by amplifying their works and exploring their inspirations in a Community Conversation.

This week; consolidating Pa.'s universities, the potential for Pa. to lose a congressional seat, and Persian poet Fatemeh Shams.

The twin-brother team that makes up Delaware’s poets laureate help students discover “the heart that art brings into our lives.”

WHYY convened Black poets from Camden, Pennsauken, and Willingboro to explore the urgency of now.