“Women were educated in the Sangam era. In the Purananuru, 15 women poets have sung 57 verses. Seven of these have also ...

The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

If one happened to be on par with a man, it was only in his shadow. The history of literature has either forgotten them or labelled them as scandalous… How did women poets cope in a world of ...

Maya Angelou is one of the most famous female black poets. Her poems often reflect the struggles and experiences of black women. They address themes of racism, discrimination, and the fight for ...

The book on which she collaborated with two fellow feminists drew global attention to the repression of women under their ...

American Women’s Poetry is a research and teaching collection and includes historical examples of books by and for women, artists’ books created by women and collections of poetry by American women.

Mejlak was one such person and, for some decades of the 21st century, she maintained the title of Malta’s first female poet. Mejlak was born on January 5, 1905. She was the second child among ...