Mabel Segun, the esteemed Nigerian poet, author, and advocate for children’s literature, has passed away at the age of 95. She died in the early hours of Thursday, March 6, 2025.Her family, in a ...

Nikki Giovanni was honored by the Poetry Society of America for her work in the Black Arts Movement and her extensive career.

“Nikki Giovanni loomed as an essential and powerful figure in American literature and culture, the author of three dozen books of poetry, essays, and children’s writing,” the poetry society ...