International Black Theatre Festival debuts new name with return next week
The North Carolina Black Repertory Company is bringing its signature festival back to Winston-Salem next week under a new brand.
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RiverRun documentary celebrates the life and work of longtime NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu
Romanian-born filmmaker and UNCSA professor Julian Semilian pays homage to his friend and artistic mentor, longtime NPR commentator Andrei Codrescu, in his new documentary "Fish Have No Psychiatrists: A Day with Andrei Codrescu."
North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green to visit Triad
North Carolina's Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green will make an appearance in the Triad Thursday. She'll be reading both old and new poems at Wake Forest University as part of the Edwin G. Wilson Speaker Series. Ahead of the event, Shelton Green spoke with WFDD's Bethany Chafin.
Poet Amanda Gorman celebrates the gift of Blackness for Juneteenth
To mark the holiday, Gorman reads "Fury and Faith," a poem from Call Us What We Carry. She says her collection's title reflects how "we all can be vessels of both hurt and hope at the same time."
'Ante body' asks us to be more open to the world
In her new collection, Egypt-born poet Marwa Helal plays with language to challenge the way we approach our problems.
In her new poems, Ada Limón argues for turning a delicate attention to the world
The award-winning poet's new collection, The Hurting Kind, is a testament to the power of sensitivity and to the reality that the world is here to both guide us and lead us astray.
Ocean Vuong's new poems examine the 'big, big yesterday' since his mother was alive
Ocean Vuong's second poetry collection, Time is a Mother, grapples with time and its impermanence following his mother's death in 2019.
Hungarian Roma are translating Amanda Gorman; her poetry speaks to their experience
White European translators have hesitated to work on Gorman's poetry because of criticism that their race makes them inappropriate for the job. In Hungary, a marginalized community steps up.
Poetry inspired by a viral photo of drowned migrants wins the National Book Award
Photos of a father and his young daughter, drowned in the Rio Grande, underlined the deadly risks of the immigration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border. Martín Espada drew on them for his book Floaters.
For poet Sonia Sanchez — at age 87 — there's more work to be done
For over 60 years, poet and activist Sonia Sanchez has helped redefine American culture, politics and education. She is this year's winner of the Gish Prize, a $250,000 lifetime achievement honor.