One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — ...

Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires courage, resilience, and to be proud of your culture. This legacy makes ...

As part of Xpress' annual Wellness Issues, we asked six local poets to share their thoughts on the benefits of slowing down and being present in the moment.

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...

The immigration debate in the United States is haunted by an old ghost. Its name is the White Man’s Burden, the paternalistic ideology that framed non-white peoples as inferior, uncivilized, ...