Poetry

In this second volume of her poignant autobiographical series, Maya Angelou powerfully captures the struggles and triumphs of her passionate life with dignity, wisdom, humor, and humanity. "A curiously heartening story in which decency, honor, truth,...

THE LIMITED-EDITION BOX SET is a project started in 2014 to ensure the publication of up to a dozen chapbooks every year by African poets through Akashic Books. The series seeks to identify the best poetry written by African poets working today, and it...

The Pond That Ripples represents a person who experiences disruptions and changes in life. Ripples on a pond, on an otherwise smooth surface, may be perceived as calming or disturbing, depending on the perspective of the gazer. It is this...

Collected Poems combines examples of James Edwin Campbell's poetry from both of his published books. His traditional American verse poems, which exemplifies those he included in Driftings and Gleanings stand in stark contrast to his poetry in the...

The Republic of South Africa is a land that I now know. From the mountains, desert, ocean, and grassy plains are images that I dreamed of instead of studying. A home of many cultures and ideas that match its beauty. In these pages, you will find some...

This poet takes us on the journey to rediscovered awareness and the morality of the physical self in her collection, Flowers of Diagnosis. The poems, arranged in reverse chronological order, as if mimicking the dramatic irony of Greek tragedy, begins at...

Poetry collection by Beth Brown Preston. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Adanna, African American Review, Atticus Review, Birmingham Arts Journal, The Black Scholar, Callaloo, Calyx, Cave Wall, Euphony Journal, Evening Street Review, Free...

Poetry collection by Regina YC Garcia. Garcia's literary work primarily centers around issues related to family and culture, social justice, and human rights. She is committed to effecting change through the persistent literary address of inequities,...

In Contradictions from an Uncertain Silence, Wheatfall takes poetic inspiration from The Darkened Temple by Mari L'Esperance. "To enter the story feels like drowning and drowning is the only way to get there." Humans navigate an empirical world embodying...

How would you live your life if you understood that every scar, trauma, or suffering can make you stronger and greater?Rosemary Esehagu, who has studied psychology and medicine, has seen the damaging effects of having people's abuse or trauma speak for...

In Zenobia Lundy's second poetry collection, Prose and Light is meant to inspire, motivate and showcase African American life and experience to give hope and encouragement for this and the next generations. In Zenobia Lundy's second poetry collection,...

Holland Raulston Jr. was born on September 20, 1954, to his parents, Lucille Raulston and Holland Wingard. He attended Dunleith Elementary, Colwyck Junior High, and De La Warr High School.Holland also pursued studies in psychology (Ohio State University)...