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Lift Every Voice is a Library of America project celebrating the rich tradition of African American Poetry. Explore famous African American poets throughout history and contemporary black poets alike. Join us for live poetry events, and learn more about Kevin Young's anthology of African American Poetry.
- Robert Hayden
By the time Hayden graduated from high school in 1930, he...
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- Robert Hayden
Celebrating Black History Month. Poems, articles, and podcasts that explore African American history and culture. Illustration by Loveis Wise. Citizen: “You are in the dark, in the car...”. Citizen: “Some years there exists a wanting to escape...”. Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
In celebration of Black History Month, we offer this updated, expanded, moving collection of work by Black poets from our poetry collection. Each of these writers illuminates the great fullness of life, with all its poignancy, joy, sorrow, wonder, pain, and possibility.
Explore the rich history of African American poetry. Trace the rich tradition of black poetry in America through such famous poets as Langston Hughes, Sterling Brown, and Frances Harper to the most contemporary examples of this poetic tradition.
February is Black History Month, and to celebrate the contributions Black poets have made, and continue to make, to the richness of American poetry, we asked twelve contemporary Black poets from across the country to choose one poem that should be read this month and to tell us a bit about why.
18 Φεβ 2021 · Here are ten poems that explore past and present, pain and love, language and family, history and identity, all written by contemporary Black poets. They’re each available for free download: “Let Me Handle My Business, Damn,” Morgan Parker. “Hymn to a Hurricane,” Rachel Eliza Griffiths. “No Cap,” Hanif Abdurraqib.
Explore and learn from the legacies of some of the most influential African American poets throughout the history of the United States. Lift Every Voice is a Library of America project celebrating the rich tradition of African America Poetry.
