The Any Day Now creative writing series, in honor of Philadelphia poet Larry Neal, starts Saturday. It's a project of the Friends of the Tanner House and the Strawberry Mansion Learning Center.

Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley” is a creative re-enactment of James Baldwin and William F. Buckley's 1965 battle about the ...

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

Longtime Harlem resident and well-known performer Sista Zock brings the storied Minton’s Playhouse (206 W. 118 Street) to life.

DELAWARE- Langston Hughes, James Baldwin, and Maya Angelou- names we recognize when it comes to African American poets. Local ...

If you want a depressing — albeit instructive — lesson in how little we've progressed in 60 years, go see the Chicago ...

The International Poetry Forum returns after a 14-year hiatus to revive the Steel City’s role in showcasing renowned writers.

Citizen James, or the Young Man without a Country,” a portrait of writer James Baldwin playing at HartBeat Ensemble, offers a ...

The essay served as a definitive diagnosis of American race relations. Events soon gave it the force of prophecy.

If you’ve been following fruitful queer singer/songwriter Rachael Sage throughout her nearly 30-year career, you may remember that, backed by a band, she mainly accompanied herself on piano and or ...

Thirteen-year-old writer Ariana Shaprow is displaying her poem “The Way It Should Be” at the Mosaic Children’s Museum in Woodland, California, celebrating the accomplishments of ...

James Baldwin — the novelist, playwright, poet, public speaker and activist who is celebrated as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century — was born Aug. 2, 1924. HartBeat’s “Baldwin season” is ...