The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

Toi Derricotte’s poetry is a testament to the power of vulnerability and truth. Her ability to weave personal and collective ...

The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival marks 32 years of producing over 700 extraordinary multicultural and ...

Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...

Trotwood resident Jameelah Ricks gave up the paralegal profession in 2022 to become a full-time poet, writer and entrepreneur.

From the moment she was born, Amanda Harrinauth was accompanied by a list of medical conditions. Hydrocephalus or “water on ...

The Altadena fire wiped out much of a historic black enclave in this picturesque town in the San Gabriel Valley.

Stine An is a Korean American poet, literary translator, and performer based in Queens whose interdisciplinary work explores diasporic poetics, experimental translation, K-pop, and virtual performance ...

The opera “Primero Sueño” translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem about the soul’s journey into a musical promenade ...

These eight books by Black women speak to the healing and resilience needed to survive another Trump presidency.

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Cann knows that many of the names on this program are unknown, but she hopes Chicago audiences will give it a chance.