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20 Black poets to know this National Black Poetry Day
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEvery year, the mainstream literary gates seem to open just that much wider to allow for more...
Poet speaks up after Miami-Dade school bars elementary students from reading her poem
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA nationally known poet said Tuesday she is “gutted” after learning that a school in Miami-Dade...
Poet Amanda Gorman criticizes book ban effort in Florida targeting Biden's inauguration poem
ABC News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAfter news broke that Amanda Gorman's historic poem "The Hill We Climb" was moved to the middle...
Greenville's First Youth Poet Laureate, Anna Castro Spratt, uses her writing for advocacy
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIf Riverside High School sophomore Anna Castro Spratt could trade places with one writer for the...
Indianapolis native, National Youth Poet Laureate finalist builds bridges through poetry
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Alyssa Gaines was in third grade, her teacher assigned the class to write a poem about a color....
A Florida School Has Pulled the Poem Read at Joe Biden’s Inauguration
Time via Yahoo News· 11 months agoYouth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman recites 'The Hill We Climb' during the inauguration of Joe Biden...
Maya Angelou’s Crowning Achievements
Biography via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGettyImages-3205976Getty Images Considered to be one of the most consequential figures of the 20th century, Maya Angelou had a diverse career spanning...
Amanda Gorman, Black poet and activist, writes children’s book
theGrio via AOL· 1 year agoNEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Gorman’s next literary project is a collaboration with a prize-winning...
Karen Bass sworn in as Los Angeles mayor, the first woman to hold the office
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter 241 years, the nation's second-largest city has its first female mayor. The mood was jubilant...
Amanda Gorman asked to read her 2021 poem in Miami after a parent complains it’s not educational
Revolt via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAmanda Gorman The Miami-Dade County’s mayor has invited poet Amanda Gorman to visit for a reading...