By Patricia Thrushart, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism USA “You can take my body You can take my bones Take my blood but Not my soul …” —Rhiannon Giddens, “At the Purchaser’s Option” Singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens wrote these lyrics after reading an advertisement that had been placed in a Kingston, New York, newspaper […]

By Tabassam Shah, Member, Poets Against Racism USA Recently, school districts across the country have begun banning books on subjects such as religion, sexuality, gender equality, LGBTQ identity, police brutality, and racism. According to a PEN America report, 1,145 books were banned by school districts in the United States between July 1, 2021, and March

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