40O Years: Stories of Black People in Poems Written from Love We wish to thank those poets who submitted their work for consideration. Your beautiful, powerful poems would have constituted a brilliant, historic contribution to the African American literary legacy. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, we will not be able to bring this project to […]
Naomi Long Madgett Poetry Award 2020 …a daughter’s odyssey through a web of fractured relationships with lovers and kin… a spirit determined to survive…. Jessica Lanay holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Pittsburgh, and an MA in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her poetry has appeared […]
400 years the story of Black people in poems written from love 1619 – 2019 Michael Simanga and Lita Hooper Editors Broadside Lotus Press with support from Third World Press Foundation and University of Detroit Mercy Press FALL 2019 400 years 1619 – 2019 The story of Black people in poems written from love In […]
Jacquese Armstrong is a poet/writer residing in Central New Jersey. Her first poetry chapbook, dance of the shadows, was released June 2017. She has been published in For Harriet, A Gathering of the Tribes, The Rising Phoenix Review, Black Magnolias Literary Journal and Ourselves/Black. Ms. Armstrong was a 2015 recipient of the Ambassador Award from […]
The Dudley Randall Print and Media Center, and, Broadside Lotus Press Presents BROADSIDE LOTUS PRESS POETS THEATER Broadside Lotus Press resumes its poetry writing workshops before our Sunday Poets Theater every third Sunday of the month. We will be examining and discussing the work of our published poets, your poems, and, writing poetry. TIME: 3:00 […]
His first name, LeRoy, translates as “the king” in French (le roi), and that’s how he pronounced it, with the accent on the second syllable. That might strike some as an affectation. But by all accounts Detroit artist LeRoy Foster was as humble as they come. Foster may have lived more like a pauper than […]
The 2012 Kresge Eminent Artist Award goes to Naomi Long Madgett. She’s an award winning poet, editor, and educator. She’s often called the godmother of African-American poetry. Dr. Madgett says the award came as a complete surprise because she didn’t even know she was being considered for the award. “So it means a great deal […]
