The African praise song traditionally celebrates the life of an individual, giving their name, genealogy, totem animal, job, personal attributes, etc in a rhythmical, incantatory, call-and-response ...

WHO: Texas’s 2024 poet laureate, Amanda Johnston. WHAT: The Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellowship for Johnston’s project, Praisesong for the People: Poems Celebrating the Heart and Soul of ...

The youngest inaugural poet in history steps into the spotlight with an emotional poem, "The Hill We Climb." By Chris Gardner On a day filled with history-making moments, Amanda Gorman became a star.

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The poet and Brown University professor C.D. Wright died unexpectedly yesterday. She was a tenacious, ever-changing writer. She could write the hell out of a short lyric, as the poem I link to in the ...