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Poet Andrea Gibson dies at 49

  • Jul 15, 2025

Acclaimed poet and activist Nikki Giovanni dies at 81

  • Dec 10, 2024

Amanda Gorman to perform at Carnegie Hall with renowned cellist

  • Feb 15, 2024

Iconic NYC café says 'see you later' before closing for renovations

  • Nov 1, 2023

Florida school removes Amanda Gorman's poem from Biden's inauguration

  • May 24, 2023

Andy Grammer takes a deeper look at society's relationship with money

  • Apr 14, 2023

9-year-old poet laureate speaks at Hochul's inaugural ceremony

  • Jan 2, 2023

Super Power of Me Project celebrates strength, grace of NYC kids

  • Jul 15, 2022

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A 12-year-old poet laureate embraces a new role -- book author

  • Jul 22
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9-year-old poet laureate speaks at Hochul's inaugural ceremony

  • Jan 2, 2023
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Chicago's spray-painting poet brings positivity to the streets

  • Dec 12, 2022
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Super Power of Me Project celebrates strength, grace of NYC kids

  • Jul 15, 2022
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Visible Ink program offers creative outlet for cancer patients

  • Mar 29, 2022
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The Healing WELL provides unique wellness opportunities for Tenderloin community

  • Jan 18, 2022
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Nuyorican poet to share Puerto Rican pride during parade

  • Jun 11, 2021
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'Brown Girl, Brown Girl' poem goes viral after Kamala Harris becomes VP, inspiring young girls

  • Feb 16, 2021

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Memorial Sloan-Kettering 'Visible Ink' program offers creative outlet for cancer patients

Memorial Sloan-Kettering's "Visible Ink" program has been putting cancer journeys out to the public, front and center, as an art form.

  • Mar 29, 2022
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Amanda Gorman releases a brand new poem -- 'New Day's Lyric'

Gorman said she wrote the poem to "celebrate the new year and honor the hurt and the humanity of the last one."

  • Jan 3, 2022

Spotlight on Indigenous spoken word artist, musician and scholar Lyla June

"You can write words and you can publish them ... but it's not coming from the throat and the heart and the lungs," said Indigenous artist Lyla June.

  • Nov 23, 2021

Nuyorican poet to share Puerto Rican pride during Sunday's parade

Caridad De La Luz has spent more than half her life sharing Puerto Rican pride.

  • Jun 12, 2021
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Poet Amanda Gorman says she was tailed by guard on her walk home who thought of her as 'threat'

The 22-year-old said she was walking to her apartment when a guard followed her, assuming she was a threat.

  • Mar 6, 2021