Poetry

Just over a month ago, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum opened in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to the victims of white supremacy in the Unit

Discover the interstellar potential of spoken word.

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 ...