Shelley Armitage is an award-winning author, professor, and scholar of varied and wide-ranging talents, interests, and insights. Her books, essays, and articles run the gamut of genres and topics from […]
Read MoreTwo things came to mind when I read Tricia Knoll’s recent anthology, The Unknown Daughter. One, a collection of poems by Edgar Lee Masters entitled Spoon River Anthology. In his […]
Read MoreWomen’s stories can take many different forms. One of those forms is poetry. With poetry, much can be said in so few words and that’s the case with the poems […]
Read MoreAnastacia-Reneé’s latest collection of poetry, Side Notes from the Archivist, begins with a retrospective examination of 1980s nostalgia through the lens of a young Black girl growing up in Philadelphia. […]
Read MoreLike Gwendolyn Brooks, who used her poetic talent to uncover the Black experience in America, Cynthia Manick also takes the reins on self-discovery, bringing to light personal experiences and frustrations […]
Read MoreInside the pages of The Collected Poems of Josie Craig Berry, one will find the measured voice of an educated Oklahoma Black woman, born in 1888, whose poetry and prose […]
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