“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free,” Frederick Douglass said in a now famous speech he gave on July 5, 1852. In that spirit, the editors at Poets Against Racism USA offer some suggestions for poetry books to read during Black History Month. Check them out from your library or purchase them […]

By Debbie Allen and Patricia Thrushart, Cofounders, Poets Against Racism USA Poets Against Racism USA grew from an international online poetry collaboration that occurred in May 2021. Two literary communities—The Watershed Journal Literary Group, based in Brookville, Pennsylvania, and Poets Against Racism, based in Nottingham, United Kingdom—convened to present “Poets Against Racism: In This Together”

Welcome to the new Poets Against Racism USA website! We envision this site as the hub for information about our activities and a place of convening for poets who write about social justice issues. Our vision is to provide connections between poets and events, some that we’ll host and others that we’ll sponsor or support.