Category: Poetry
6th annual Harlem Arts Advocacy Week
Actor and activist Danny Glover will help kick-off the 6th annual Harlem Arts Advocacy Week at the Aaron Davis Hall on the campus of the City College of New York this morning. Sponsored by the Harlem Arts Alliance, Harlem Arts Advocacy
New Novel of Harlem Renaissance by Claude McKay is Found
New mnuscript by Claude McKay has been discovered. McKey was a Jamaican-born writer and political activist who died in 1948. He influenced black writers including Langston Hughes. His work includes the 1919 protest poem “If We Must Die,” (quoted by






Harlem Stage to Host “Holding it Down: the Veterans’ Dream Project”
There’s something important going on at Harlem Stage Gatehouse on September 19th – 22nd: Holding it Down: the Veterans’ Dreams Project. Brilliant pianist and Harlem resident Vijay Iyer is collaborating with producer and poet Mike Ladd to deliver a multi-media