thoughtportal Follow The Poet and the Riot - Poetry Off the ShelfAfter Martin Luther King's assassination 50 years ago, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote a poem about the power of riots.www.poetryfoundation.orga riot is the language of the unheard#mlk#black history month#black history#martin luther king jr#poetry#poem#poems#poetry podcast#the poetry foundation#poetry off the shelf#civil rights#female poets#black poets#women poets#poet#writing poetry#writing poems#american history
thoughtportal Follow Jennifer Kronovet studied Yiddish so she could communicate with the deadIn 2000, American poet Jennifer Kronovet began taking Yiddish classes for just one reason: to translate Yiddish poetry into English.www.pri.org#the world in words#podcast#history#poetry#yiddish#language learning#language history#language#translation#yiddish poetry#female poets#women poets#Jennifer Kronovet#podcasts#linguistics#poems#writing poems#book of poems#The Wug Test#Celia Dropkin#motherhood#Books and Literature#books
thoughtportal Follow Anne Sexton’s Sensual Love Poem “Song for a Lady,” in an Animation Inspired by Oliver Sacks“So many doors open when you are present with an angle.”www.brainpickings.org|Maria Popova#Anne Sexton#poetry#poems#love poem#animation#oliver sacks#brain pickings#women writers#women in the arts#women poets#female poets
thoughtportal Follow Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde review – prophetic and necessaryThe black lesbian feminist writer and poet, who died 25 years ago, is better known than ever, her words often quoted in books and on social mediawww.theguardian.com#essays#books#culture#lgbt rights#poetry#Audre Lorde#Your Silence Will Not Protect You#racism#women writers#women in the arts#women poets#female poets#lesbian writers#black writers#black history#black literature#african american artist#african american poet