By Patricia Thrushart, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism & Hate USA Poetry is having a moment. The genre often perceived as obtuse and elitist has been rescued from its ivory-towered prison and reintroduced to the world by a generation of poets as comfortable with slams as sonnets. Spoken word, blackout, performance, insta—these are the styles that […]

Here we are at the end of another February, the month designated as Black History Month … as if the history of African American art, culture, philosophy, writing, and activism can be encapsulated in a month (the shortest of the year, for that matter) … as if Black history is somehow separate and distinct from

Poets Against Racism USA Becomes Poets Against Racism & Hate USA By Debbie Allen, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism & Hate USA; Manjit Sahota, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism; and Patricia Thrushart, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism & Hate USA Debbie Allen: The Story of Our Name Change As we undertake our second year, we do so with