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Who was Phillis Wheatley, the first African American poet to publish a book?

In 1761, a young girl crossed the Atlantic on a slave ship. Captured in West Africa and transported to Boston, where she was enslaved by John and Susanna Wheatley. They named her Phillis, after the ...
Greek Reporter

Phillis Wheatley: The First African-American Poet Knew Ancient Greek

In 1761, Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of ...
Newsday

Poet David Mills explores African Burial Ground, Jupiter Hammon at LI talks

"I’m looking for ways to make history sing," said poet David Mills. In his latest collection, "Boneyarn," a volume of poems laced with grit and grace about Manhattan’s African Burial Ground — ...
Yahoo

South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach, a staunch opponent of the former white-minority government’s apartheid policy of racial oppression, has died in Paris, his family ...
The Conversation

African poetry is celebrated in a groundbreaking publishing project

Tinashe Mushakavanhu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
Yahoo

Nebraska’s next state poet is a Jewel, first African American to fill role

New Nebraska State Poet Jewel Rodgers, left, poses with Gov. Jim Pillen, First Lady Suzanne Pillen, and her father, Johnny Rodgers. (Screenshot of Nebraska Public Media) LINCOLN — Nebraska’s next ...
The Conversation

South African poetry has a new digital archive – what’s behind the project

Tinashe Mushakavanhu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
The Southern Maryland Chronicle on MSN

USPS honors poet Phillis Wheatley with new stamp

The United States Postal Service will issue a commemorative Forever stamp honoring Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet and author of a book in the American Colonies, as the ...
KETV Omaha

Jewel Rodgers appointed as first African American Nebraska poet laureate

BEAUTIFUL IN THE DISTANCE. WELL, IN LINCOLN TODAY, GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN APPOINTS OMAHA AUTHOR AND PERFORMER JEWELL ROGERS AS NEBRASKA’S NEW STATE POET. AT 27, ROGERS IS THE YOUNGEST TO HOLD THE ...
KSAT

South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85

FILE - South African writer Breyten Breytenbach, right, and American actor and singer Harry Belafonte shake hands during a press conference in Paris, on June 18, 1986 ...
News4Jax

South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85

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