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With everything from the Harlem Renaissance to spoken word, the Black community has had an undeniable and profound influence on poetry in the United States and around the world. |
Gwendolyn Brooks
Biography
Poetry Out Loud: Gwendolyn Brooks
NPR: Remembering Gwendolyn Brooks at 100
Poetry Archive: Gwendolyn Brooks
Library of Congress: Gwendolyn Brooks
Chicago University: Gwendolyn Brooks Center
National Women’s Hall of Fame: Gwendolyn Brooks
Video: An Interview with Gwendolyn Brooks
Amanda Gorman
Biography
Personal Website
Personal Twitter
Time: Michelle Obama interviews Amanda Gorman
Poets.org: Amanda Gorman
Video: Inauguration Poem ‘The Hill We Climb’
Langston Hughes
Biography
Poetry Foundation: Langston Hughes
Poetry Archive: Langston Hughes
National Museum of African American History and Culture: Langston Hughes
Yale Beinecke Library: Langston Hughes Papers
Smithsonian: A Lost Work by Langston Hughes
Video: Langston Hughes and His Poetry
Audre Lorde
Biography
National Museum of African American History and Culture: Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde Project
Poetry Foundation: Audre Lorde
Black Past: Audre Lorde “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism”
Writing on Glass: Audre Lorde (site www.writingonglass.com/audre-lorde/ appears to be offline)
Spellman College: The Audre Lorde Papers
Video: Roxane Gay The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
Video: Audre Lorde; Radical Care and Political Warfare
Poetry Foundation: Celebrating Black History Month
Poets.org: 12 Poems to Read for Black History Month
The Root: 20 Black Poets You Should Know (and Love)
LitHub: Queer Black Poets Since the Harlem Renaissance
Black Excellence: 25 Black Poets for Your Soul
Penguin Random House: Celebrating Black Poets
Poetry Society of America: Black Poets Speak Out
Lift Every Voice
Poet House: Audio Roundup; Black Poets Honoring Black Poets
Teach Living Poets (Video Playlist): Celebrate Black Poets