poetry
For Black History Month: Recalling poet Paul Laurence Dunbar
February 13, 2018He wrote poetry, short stories, five novels, and a play. He also wrote lyrics for the first musical written and performed entirely by African-Americans to appear on Broadway.
Read moreCarry On: A poem for Jim Baldridge
January 26, 2018Like everyone else, activists too come to the end of our time on Earth. Those who are left to mourn seek comfort where they can find it, perhaps most of all in acknowledging lasting influences, enduring...
Read moreThis week in history: “Howl” has literary merit, not obscene
October 3, 2017Poetry has never since been tried for obscenity in the United States.
Read moreThis week in history: September 21 is World Peace Day
September 18, 2017In 1982, the United Nations General Assembly declared, in a resolution sponsored by the United Kingdom and Costa Rica, the International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, to be devoted to commemorating...
Read more“Paradise Lost: Reclaiming Destiny,” a movement adaptation of Milton’s epic poem
March 15, 2017The show features highly athletic movement—including acrobatics, rope swings, chains, contortion, and more. It’s a powerfully physical form of ballet, a kind of modern-day Spartacus.
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