Poems transformed into music of African Heritage Month
The event at the Halifax Central Library was led by George Elliott Clarke, a Nova Scotian and a former poet laureate of ...
Hamilton author honours Miss Lou, 'one of the giants of Jamaican culture,' in new book
Hamilton performer, teacher and author Tania Hernandez first came across Miss Lou as a child on her native island of Jamaica, ...
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Brown University Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes named poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...
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Renowned Jamaican poet Velma Pollard has died
Velma Pollard, the distinguished Jamaican poet, fiction writer, and linguist, passed away on February 1, 2025, at the age of ...
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Jamaican poet Velma Pollard, whose melodious writing paid homage to the Patwa language, passes on
"Pollard’s readings [demonstrate] the diversity of her work [...] At its most characteristic, her writing assumes a ...
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‘Everybody gets to be Scottish tonight’: In Jamaica Plain Burns supper honors Scotland’s national poet
Hundreds of locals celebrated the life and legacy of Scotland’s national poet, Robert Burns, at the 15th annual Burns supper ...
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20 Essential Claude McKay Poems Everyone Should Read: A Deep Dive Into His Literary Legacy.
Claude McKay, one of the most influential figures in the Harlem Renaissance, left behind a rich collection of poetry that ...
Poet Caleb Femi Partied Around the World to Write His Kaia Gerber–Approved Latest Book, The Wickedest
Like so many of us, Caleb Femi spent the depths of the COVID lockdown remembering times when his body was allowed to be freer ...
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Speedy seeds, poems to heal and a school for fireflies by various authors – children’s book reviews
In Words for Love, the poems look at all the many manifestations of love and include verse by W. B. Yeats, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, Edna St Vincent Millay, D.H. Lawrence, Pippa Little ...