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As a Black woman poet who became the first to serve as the Texas Poet Laureate, Amanda Johnston was familiar with the joys and challenges of building a literary career....

The Guild Literary Complex (Guild Complex) was established in 1989 as a community bookstore, which soon became a nonprofit organization providing poetry programming to communities in Chicago that did not...

Candace G. Wiley and Monifa Lemons Jackson attended Cave Canem South Workshops in Columbia, South Carolina, in 2010 and 2011. Their experience as Cave Canem fellows inspired them to recreate...

826CHI opened its doors in Chicago in 2005 as part of the 826 National network, which was founded by author Dave Eggers and educator Nínive Calegari in 2002 and now...

The Care Center serves women living in Hampden County, Massachusetts who encounter barriers to finishing high school or pursuing higher education. Over the course of four decades, The Care Center...

The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce Gwendolyn Perry Davis as its new board chair. When she assumes her new role in April 2024, she will be the organization’s first...

Kundiman was founded in 2004 to facilitate the creation of new literary work, foster mentoring relationships, and address challenges facing Asian American poets and writers. The organization creates an affirming...

To foster improved communication, connection, and understanding, we are sharing the guidelines and policies that outline how we approach our work and how each area of impact represents our vision...

Mission: Through the literary and performing arts, Southern Word offers creative solutions for youth to build literacy and presentation skills, reconnect to their education and lives, and act as leaders in...

Bring more poetry to your classroom! The Poetry Foundation is holding its ninth annual Summer Poetry Teachers Institute in Chicago at DePaul University, July 22-26, 2024. This free, four-and-a-half-day event will include...