The "Something new" poems, as we call them to distinguish them from the "Something old" archive poems (see what we did there?) are about the power of radio listening, and so they make perfect ...

Revered Black queer poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s literary works have finally returned to print in a newly released ...

The book, released March 4, features selections from Hemphill’s book Ceremonies, his poems published in various ... complications at just 38 years old. Subscribe to Native Son’s newsletter ...

The eighty-five-year-old folksinger, who is about to publish a book of poems, chats about her old friends (Leonard Cohen and Lily Tomlin) and her Persian cats (Tom Wolfe and Rachmaninoff).