What can the 18th-century Black, enslaved teenage poet Phillis Wheatley teach us today about how language can be wielded artfully to create power? … Read more
My name is Michelle Liu, and I am currently a senior at Harvard College concentrating in computer science with a secondary in studio arts. … Read more
On Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, Poetry in America was thrilled to bring hiphop legend Flavor Flav to Harvard University. The multi-platinum Public Enemy rapper and reality TV star reached … … Read more
On Wednesday, April 5th, 2023, The Harvard Gazette’s Anna Lamb reported on rapper Flavor Flav’s visit to Harvard Extension School, for a HELIX Forum event with the students and course staff of “Poetry in America: Whitman and Dickinson.” … Read more
On Thursday, April 6th, 2023, CBS News’s Jordyn Jagolinzer reported on rapper Flavor Flav’s visit to Harvard Extension School, for a HELIX Forum event with the students and course staff of “Poetry in America: Whitman and Dickinson.” … Read more
On Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, TMZ reported on a HELIX Forum event we organized with Flavor Flav at Harvard Extension School. … Read more
Where do you turn when you don’t have the words? This National Poetry Month, explore unforgettable American poems with Joe Biden, Shaquille O’Neal, Gloria Estefan, Nas, Sonia Sanchez, Tony Kushner, Tracy K. Smith, Elena Kagan, John McCain, Yo-Yo Ma, Katie Couric, Bono, and more. … Read more
At the top of Observation Hill, seven hundred feet above McMurdo Station, Antarctica, stands a wooden cross. … Read more
In the November 2022 issue of The Writer’s Chronicle, poet and journalist Kristina Andersson Bicher discussed Poetry in America’s progress expanding access to high quality humanities education over the past decade. … Read more
