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Rita Dove
What a jagged image we use for women who achieve greatly ... Being chosen as our nation’s first African-American poet laureate was a further challenge. I felt called to speak to the importance ...
St. Louis women poets honor all generations, paths in new film
"When We Speak" is an ode to Black womxn who have boldly harnessed their voices, art, and labor to dismantle oppressive ...
Jewel Rodgers appointed as first African American Nebraska poet laureate
Gov. Jim Pillen appointed Omaha author and performer Jewel Rodgers as Nebraska's new state poet. Rodgers, 27, is the youngest ...
The Black Wall Street Times on MSN14d
Phillis Wheatley: The first African American poet to publish a book
This led to the release of her first book of poetry in 1773. This book made Wheatley the first African American and one of ...
The Brown Daily Herald25d
Brown professor Kwame Dawes starts term as poet laureate of Jamaica
Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes began his three-year term as the fourth poet laureate of Jamaica in January ... who has worked tirelessly to promote the works of African, Caribbean and African ...