Transcendental poses are fractured by migration / In Rafael Soriano’s chimeras ...

Lesson Plans & Resources Thanksgiving with Richard Blanco’s “América” In his poem "América," Richard Blanco brings us into the experience of Thanksgiving celebrated by an extended Cuban American ...

Born in 1938, Ishmael Reed is the author of many collections of poems and essays, as well as several novels, and he is also ...

“The Yellow Corn” appears in Poems by Charles G. Eastman (Eastman & Danforth, 1848).

In 2024, the Academy of American Poets invited twelve poets to each curate a month of poems. In this short Q&A, Victor ...

Joyce Kilmer was born on December 6, 1886, in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Kilmer attended Rutgers Preparatory School and graduated in 1904. He attended Rutgers College from 1904 to 1906, then ...

Dara Barrois/Dixon (formerly Dara Wier) was born in Louisiana on December 30, 1949. She received her MFA in 1974 from Bowling Green State University. It may not be for the faint of heart—most intense ...

Julia Alvarez was born in New York City, and was raised between the Dominican Republic and New York. A poet, novelist, activist, and essayist, Alvarez holds a BA from Middlebury College and an MFA ...

like decades are stuck on the balls of your feet. Sing like a quartet is trapped in your throat. Laugh like this is the last time you know what joy feels like, because maybe it is. And today that will ...

Explore the rich tradition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer poets and poetry by browsing a selection of poems & audio. For more essays, video, and ephemera, check out our Pride Month ...

And the darkness rolled up on one side, And the light stood shining on the other, And God said: That's good! Then God reached out and took the light in his hands, And God rolled the light around in ...

Eugene Ethelbert Miller was born in the Bronx, New York, on November 20, 1950, and received his BA in African American studies from Howard University in 1972. Miller’s honors include the Barnes & ...