Filmmaker RaMell Ross may be a practitioner and admirer of visual art, but in cinema, he strives for the effect of poetry.

It is twilight, in the sense  that there is no Day or Night; only the fluttering of wings. Being kissed awake is tender as birth is confusing. There is no separation; only                 the ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward In the summer of 1987, Diamond Newberry is the only Black person in the small town of Swift River since her father vanished seven years ago. Her mother wants to ...

Class of 2028 ASWU Senator Ernest Jones (’28) and the Black Student Union (BSU) hosted a poetry reading event at the Martha ...

Poems can promote understanding by taking us behind enemy lines. Threatening to boycott anyone's art or literature will only ...

Easterine Kire's poetry collection, Freerain, explores nature, memory, and life with lyrical beauty and profound insight.

Sugar Hill Gang hit the airwaves, Black poet Paul Laurence Dunbar was crafting verses that could rival the best of them.

The Black Student Union partnered with the Student Writing and Reading Center to host their annual poetry slam alongside the ...

These highways displaced many Black communities. Some Black activists are using mapping to do the opposite: highlight hidden parts of history. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division Joshua F.

Chris Chatmon, founder/CEO of the community-focused organization that includes a youth-based record label, found ‘a safe ...

From Maya Angelou to Zadie Smith, five books by Black authors to read this February, as recommended by the Michigan Daily Book Review.