essays, and short stories!

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If you're looking to work for a dynamic, growing organization at the heart of cultural and literary change, give us a call!

This is a fellowship that changed my life and has done an incredible amount to change the face of American poetry. Now, Black poets, is the time to send in your application if you want to be a part of this ever expanding circle...

📣 Calling all Black poets! The 2024 Cave Canem Fellowship Application is LIVE! Ready to take your poetry to new heights? Look no further! Join our vibrant community and unlock a world of opportunities. bit.ly/3ZACSvA

One of the most interesting geopolitical analysts that I watch consistently is Ben Norton, who has just moved to China to better understand international economies and to get a fuller understanding of a nation that pulled 800 million people out of poverty in 2 generations.

Poetry Lesson a la Funk:
Building tension before the line breaks...

Geopolitical Economy Report, with
Ben Norton, gives an incisive analysis on the ghoulish legacy of Elliot Abrams...
youtube.com/watch?v=k2MUS0…

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Cave Canem is proud to announce a groundbreaking study on the impact of Black literary organizations!

#GettingWord brings over 130 yrs of organizing, publishing & fellowship for 5 Black organizations together and celebrates Black literature for Juneteenth! Please join me in supporting Black writers on this holiday!
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Join us 6/12 @ 7:30PM ET for our 1st 2023 Faculty Reading! Engage in an intimate reading & reception with our Fellows at Pitt-Greensburg showcasing Faculty Janice N. Harrington, Duriel E. Harris (@durieleharris), & Frank X Walker (@AffrilachiaX). RSVP ➡️ bit.ly/42tftMm

We're coming back for our 27th year!

It's been much too long since I've played a Drew-Lowe tune. On 5/28,Theater for the New City, 155 1st Ave, NYC
Janice Lowe & Jillian Lindsey perform
Absolute Love! Songs by the late, great, loved & missed Charles Drew & Janice Lowe

photo credit: Frédo
#lesfestival

We're calling for a peaceful end to the war in Ukraine. It's time for America to use its power for diplomacy.

I got to read with one of the most dynamic poetic forces in the country, Harmony Holiday, in a city I never knew I loved so much, New Orleans - all thanks to the good folks of NOLA Poetry Festival! Thank you New Orleans! Salud to you, Harmony!

Got to hang out with the multi-talented Keisha-Gaye Anderson in New Orleans at their marvelous Poetry Festival!

Comin' back to my home state to wade, wallow and wander into some poetry with my fellow Michiganders...

The history of poetry is all our history...

Tonight in the City of N.O. Sat night
feature Tyehimba Jess & Harmony Holiday 7pm FREE @cafeistanbulnola Plan yr bookfair panels readings too - full schedule nolapoetry.com
#poetry #nopf23

haiku #36

used to life straight tea
lonely, you judge my honey
momentary sweet

Precise Tenderness
By Kalamu ya Salaam
100 Haiku

Illustration by Tracy Murrell
Third World Press, 128 pages, $19.95