POETRY
Good Sh*t
Tired of the Social Media Void? Try Connecting Over Poetry
Gen Zers are tiring of Twitter and increasingly drawn to poetry.
True Stories
Books & Guns: A Tale of Two Americas
What happens when a well-meaning guy with a gun threatens another well-meaning guy with a gun? .
The New + the Next
How Instagram Could Stifle a New Generation of Poets
The social platform is an ideal forum, but algorithms are commodifying Instapoetry.
True Stories
This Black Children’s Magazine Started Nearly 100 Years Ago
It ran for just two years in the early 1920s, but The Brownies’ Book altered the landscape of Black children’s literature.
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The Carlos Watson Show
The Carlos Watson Show brings bold, impactful conversations with culture-defining celebrities, intellectual pioneers and changemakers, spotlighting the voices you need to hear to make sense of this important time in American history.
True Stories
How to Swear Like a 19th-Century Sailor
They’ve made pretty salty contributions to English language and culture, starting with some well-known profanity.
The New + the Next
This Poet Slams the Competition. Is Broadway Next?
At 21, Mecca Verdell is at the forefront of Baltimore’s thriving slam poetry scene.
Good Sh*t
The Power of Poetry: Putting a Female Spin on Rumi
This is what happens when a Persian woman brings insight to an ancient poet’s words.
True Stories
The Poetic Power Punching of Gwendolyn Brooks
Doing something extraordinary using totally ordinary means is a magic we should all be lucky enough to master.
True Stories
In Tajikistan, They Build Statues to Poets
Who better to represent a country’s cultural history and legacy than its literary giants?.
True Stories
The Morphine Queen Who Defied the Nazis
This Prussian baroness wrote erotic poetry and mainlined morphine — until Nazis took exception to her decadence.
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True Stories
He Dreams, and a Nation’s History Evolves
Only a few can tell the Epic of Manas, the spiritual tale of an ancient Kyrgyz warrior.
Around the World
Chad’s Slam Poets Fight for Change
Chadian millennials use poetry to stir debate on unemployment, corruption, pollution and inequality.