A History of Nineteenth-Century American Women's Poetry is the first book to construct a coherent history of the field and focus entirely on women's poetry of the period. With contributions from some ...

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Nikki Giovanni was a one-of-a-kind writing talent who tackled everything from racism to love to life and death in her works.

The U.S. Mint and Smithsonian American Women's History Museum have unveiled the last set of American Women Quarters, to ...

Shields said there is something beautiful about the book as a printed object, and many of the pieces in the collections, ...

Nikki Giovanni, the esteemed poet, author, educator, and activist, passed away on December 9, 2024, at the age of 81, in a ...

Jeopardy! fans lacking any knowledge of prolific American women poets were left clutching their pearls on Monday. In the ...

Nikki Giovanni, a renowned poet, activist, book author, and educator known for her thoughtful work on race and gender, died ...

If one happened to be on par with a man, it was only in his shadow. The history of literature has either forgotten them or labelled them as scandalous… How did women poets cope in a world of ...

American Women’s Poetry is a research and teaching collection and includes historical examples of books by and for women, artists’ books created by women and collections of poetry by American women.

For a lone individual (and an African-American woman at that!) to be given the responsibility of choosing who would represent American poetry for the entire past century was unheard of.