Farai Chideya talks with Marilyn Nelson, poet laureate of Connecticut and author an emotional narrative poem on the death of Emmett Till. Nelson explains why she wrote the poem for young adults ...

He goes on to say that, although we think death ends life, those who have died keep living in us. Mr. Simic speaks not just for his father but for all the dead of Sarajevo. In the poem A Scene ...

Patrick Sylvain is a Haitian-American writer, essayist and poet, and instructor of Haitian language and culture at Brown University's Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

Nelson explains why she wrote the poem for young adults, and how it challenges readers to speak out against modern-day injustices. ... 'Emmett Till': A Poem of Sorrow, and Hope ...