Poetry

Young's new book, Brown, is colored by memories from his family and childhood, United States history, and black culture.

Guest: Raquel Salas Rivera  Philadelphia’s new Poet Laureate  ...

Philadelphia poet laureate, Raquel Salas Rivera, publishes book-length poetry cycle on Puerto Rican debt crisis.

Camden's king of haiku poetry - Nick Virgilio - now has a writers house named after him.

For National Poetry Month, Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn asked listeners to write poems about their communities.

The Syrian-American poet and hip-hop artist Omar Offendum spent this week in Philadelphia and will perform at the International House this Sunday.

Guests: Tracy K. Smith, Jonathan Rieder, Michael Eric Dyson For today’s Martin Luther King Holiday, we’re goi ...

Raquel Salas Rivera, a gender-fluid, Puerto Rican writer, has been named Philadelphia's new city poet laureate.

Guests: Nikki Giovanni, Adam Valen Levinson We begin today’s show listening to Marty’s conversation with poet ...

Guest: Nikki Giovanni In poet NIKKI GIOVANNI’s ne ...

Guest: Nikki Giovanni In poet NIKKI GIOVANNI’s ne ...

An effort at the Community College of Philadelphia to use slam poetry to help improve students' writing skills has become an Emmy-nominated reality TV-style game show.

Dana DiFilippo reports a local ministry student has been cleared after a case of mistaken identity.  Kevin McCorry reports on Pennsylvan ...

So how does a local kid become one of the nation’s top youth poets? In Juliet Lubwama’s case, the journey started with ...

Guest: Tracy K. Smith TRACY K. SMITH ...