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I Am Kid Kyle Vigilante

Photo: Twitter With Death in iron strapped to me I am Kid Kyle Vigilante You shocked that I am free? Why?   True, I ...

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“Louder Than A Bomb” Youth Poetry Festival Starts in March

Photo: Mercedes Zapata Craving more poetry by young people that stir a soul awakening like that of Amanda Gorman? Young Chicago Authors delivers with ...

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HAMMONDS HOUSE MUSEUM PRESENTS MAY 29 VIRTUAL EVENING WITH POET JESSICA CARE MOORE

[Poet Jessica Care Moore] Jessica Care Moore is the founder and CEO of Moore Black Press, executive producer of Black WOMEN Rock! and founder ...

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MARGARET WALKER’S CLASSIC POEM: “FOR MY PEOPLE”

[Black History Month\Poetry\Margaret Walker] “For the cramped bewildered years…when we discovered we were Black and poor and small and different…” Photo: Wikimedia Commons

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AMIRI BARAKA’S POEM WAILERS: “WAILERS ARE WE”

[Celebrating Black History Month\Amiri Baraka\Poetry] Amiri Baraka: “Hey, Bob, Wail on rock on Jah come into us as real vision and action. Hey, Larry, ...

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MAYA ANGELOU: “STILL I RISE”

[Celebrating Black History Month\Maya Angelou\Poetry] Maya Angelou: “Out of the huts of history’s shame, I rise. Up from a past that’s rooted in pain, ...

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NEW AFRICAN POETRY FINDS ITS VOICE ON THE WEB

Feb. 16 (GIN) – From the pages of private notebooks to the dog-eared copies of rare published editions, the works of modern African poets ...

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Black History Month: Tribute To Poet Amiri Baraka at National Black Touring Circuit

Amiri Baraka [Black History Month: Amiri Baraka Tribute] Woodie King’s National Black Touring Circuit Presents. 2014 Black History Month Play Festival in Harlem Celebrating ...

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Book Publisher Seeks Submissions From Veterans of Iraq/Afghanistan Wars

[Books] FOR NEW ANTHOLOGY TO BE PUBLISHED IN 2104 Prashanti Press seeks submissions from veterans of the wars in Iraq and/or Afghanistan for a ...