poetry
Today in labor history: Poet Langston Hughes was born
February 1, 2013On this date in 1902 poet ,activist, and playwright Langston Hughes was born in Joplin Missouri. Considered to be the poet laureate of the African American people, Hughes came to prominence during the Harlem Renaissance. One...
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Today in labor history: People’s poet Robert Burns is born
January 25, 2013Along with memorable love poems - he was quite a ladies' man - Burns celebrated the lowly and downtrodden.
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Richard Blanco, inaugural poet, speaks to America
January 24, 2013President Obama chose the first Cuban American and the first gay man to be the inaugural poet at his second inauguration this past Monday.
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Today in labor history: African American poet Phillis Wheatley freed from slavery
October 18, 2012On October 18, 1775, Phillis Wheatley - the first African-American poet and the first to publish a book - was freed from slavery. She was sold into slavery during childhood and transported from West Africa to...
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A tribute to Philip Levine, poet laureate of workers
May 25, 2012Philip Levine has just completed his year-long term as the U.S. poet laureate.
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