Practice You
On womanhood, excellence, Blackness, and our crucial collaborations in parenting, partnership, and creativity.
CLEAR ALL
These translated poems were written by 2 ladies of the Heian court of Japan between the ninth and eleventh centuries A.D. The poems speak intimately of their authors' sexual longing, fulfillment and disillusionment.
This one-of-a-kind collection of prose and poetry radically explores the intersection of fat and queer identities, showcasing new, emerging and established queer and trans writers from around the world.
Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet, read an original work at President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
A young poet, attuned to the social problems of contemporary America, reveals her thoughts on the black experience.
Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement is one of the single most important volumes of modern African-American poetry.
In Make Me Rain, Nikki Giovanni celebrates her loved ones and unapologetically declares her pride in her Black heritage, while exploring the enduring impact of the twin sins of racism and white nationalism.
The author writes that what she does on behalf of healing any individual or being must also be healing, even if not directly extended, for the world itself.
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By 1963 the civil rights movement was in full swing across the United States, and more and more African American writers were increasingly outspoken in attacking American racism and insisting on full political, economic, and social equality for all.