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Amanda Gorman. Amanda S. C. Gorman[1] (born March 7, 1998) [2] is an American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate.
Amanda Johnston (born 1977) is an African-American poet. She was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, and currently resides in Round Rock / Austin, Texas. Amanda Johnston received a Master of Fine Arts degree in creative writing from the University of Southern Maine. She is a Stonecoast MFA faculty member, executive director and founder of Torch ...
Gloria Joseph. Children. 2. Audre Lorde (/ ˈɔːdri ˈlɔːrd / AW-dree LORD; born Audrey Geraldine Lorde; February 18, 1934 – November 17, 1992) was an American writer, professor, philosopher, intersectional feminist, poet and civil rights activist. She was a self-described "Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, mother, warrior, poet" who ...
The book was awarded the 1950 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, and was also awarded Poetry magazine's Eunice Tietjens Prize. [ 12 ] In 1953, Brooks published her first and only narrative book, a novella titled Maud Martha , which is a series of 34 vignettes about the experience of black women entering adulthood, consistent with the themes of her ...
Crystal Wilkinson. Crystal E. Wilkinson is an African American feminist writer from Kentucky, and proponent of the Affrilachian Poet movement. [1] She is winner of a 2022 NAACP Image Award and a 2021 O. Henry Prize winner; she's a 2020 USA Fellow of Creative Writing. She teaches at the University of Kentucky.
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, temperance activist, teacher, public speaker, and writer. Beginning in 1845, she was one of the first African American women to be published in the United States. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, Harper had a long and ...
Cheryl Clarke. Cheryl L. Clarke (born Washington DC, May 16, 1947) [1] is an American lesbian poet, essayist, educator and a Black feminist community activist who continues to dedicate her life to the recognition and advancement of Black and Queer people. Her scholarship focuses on African-American women's literature, black lesbian feminism ...
Black Arts Movement. Mari Evans (July 16, 1919 [3][1] – March 10, 2017) [4] was an African-American poet, writer, and dramatist [5] associated with the Black Arts Movement. [6] Evans received grants and awards including a lifetime achievement award from the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation. Her poetry is known for its lyrical simplicity ...