May has enough big and interesting events to keep you busy from an ambitious exhibit to concerts, festivals and much more.

Wilson was a free Black journalist and educator, and the new exhibit offers Wilson's imagined gallery of prints, paintings, sculptures, books ... Cabin" and Phillis Wheatley’s "Poems on Various ...

I was interested in slave narratives and the romantic novel of, now, one hundred fifty years ago. When Phillis Wheatley’s book of poems had to be verified by upstanding white men in the community, and ...

The last thing I expected to do upon reading the first poem in Cornfry (Buckman Publishing, 80 pages, $12), the first ...

Katie Mitchell’s photo book “Prose to the People” visits stores around the United States, from the 19th century to today.

Steven Leyva was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Houston, Texas. His first poetry collection, “The Understudy’s Handbook,” was published in 2020 by the Washington Writers’ Publishing ...

DENVER — More than 100 Denver Public Schools students are celebrating the revival of a beloved tradition as the district publishes its first student poetry book in seven years. The collection ...

As a child, when nice weather came around, I was told to put down my book and go play outside: You can read any old day, ...

To celebrate National Poetry Month in April, we invited 5 Washington Post photographers to capture nature, and invited 5 ...

On April 30, the actress helped unveil the cover of What the Deep Water Knows, Heller’s debut poetry collection, which releases July 1, 2025. “Closing out Poetry Month by diving into the moving debut ...