Spencer Reece with some of the girls at Our Little Roses, the home for abused and abandoned girls in Honduras started by Miami’s Diana Frade. Aylin, one of the girls in the documentary, ‘Voices Beyond The Wall: Twelve Love Poems From The Murder Capital of the World,’ about to receive a prize for her writing.
Category: Poetry
John Akpata to perform at ‘Poetry In Motion 2017’
The Northern Griots Network , in association with Poetry in Motion, has announced Canadian poet, John Akpata, as a featured performer at this month’s staging. Akpata, who is of Nigerian and Guyanese heritage, is an exceptionally talented performer and spoken word poet based out of Ottawa, Canada.
Designer Tracy Reese, left, instructs models before the presentation…
Designer Tracy Reese, left, instructs models before the presentation of her collection at Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Designer Tracy Reese, left, instructs models before the presentation of her collection at Fashion Week in New York, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.
Edward Fox Returns To The West End In Sand in the Sandwiches For a…
Fresh from a sell-out 2016 UK Tour, Edward Fox is to return to the West End in the celebrated one-man play exploring the life and work of John Betjeman, Sand in the Sandwiches, for a strictly limited London run. A journey through memory and verse, the play collates the work of the twentieth century’s most treasured poet.
Five Rappers Who Are Putting Chicago’s Rap Scene On the Map
The city’s gang violence – including a staggering murder rate – has placed it in national headlines. But in the midst of that chaos, a vibrant hip-hop scene has emerged, charged on both political and personal fronts.
Book review: Poet Miguel Gonz lez-Gerth new collection spans his
Poet Miguel Gonzlez-Gerth , now 90, has written in traditional forms and in free verse. While his strong formal poems never fall heavily on their rhymed endings, the free verse lyrics tend to be even stronger.
ISU community continues to make black history
Jaylon Joyner, left, and Ashley Shannon, right, celebrate as 2016 Homecoming Royalty, the first Black homecoming king and queen in ISU history. Jaylon Joyner, left, and Ashley Shannon, right, celebrate as 2016 Homecoming Royalty, the first Black homecoming king and queen in ISU history.
Philip Levine, who eventually became U.S. poet laureate, celebrated…
In spring 1952, poet Philip Levine worked at the Chevrolet Gear and Axle plant in Detroit. He was 24 and had been writing poems for nearly 10 years.
Despite the snowfall that blanketed New Jersey on Saturday, Dec. 17, the musical debuted to a full house, at the Union County Performing Arts Center LOFT theater. ‘Who Am I: A Christmas Lullaby’ opens at UCPAC Despite the snowfall that blanketed New Jersey on Saturday, Dec. 17, the musical debuted to a full house, at the Union County Performing Arts Center LOFT theater.