By Patricia Thrushart, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism USA On July 12, 2022, the Library of Congress announced the country’s new Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry: Ada Limón. She’s the twenty-fourth poet, and eighth female, to hold this position since the program was revamped in 1986. She follows two-term laureate Joy Harjo, who was the first […]

By Debbie Allen and Patricia Thrushart, Cofounders, Poets Against Racism USA A few weeks ago, Poets Against Racism USA, Poets Against Racism in the UK, and The Watershed Journal Literary Group presented Poets Against Racism: In This Together 2022. We held this second annual virtual event on the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder. As

By Debbie Allen, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism USA This year, Poets Against Racism in the UK celebrates its fifth anniversary. Having helped launch Poets Against Racism USA, the UK group presented Poets Against Racism Goes Global during the sixth annual 10-day Nottingham Poetry Festival. I was thrilled to represent PAR USA at the event. Seven