RIP Velma Pollard (1937-2025) Honoring the memory of a literary giant. A Jamaican poet and fiction writer, among Pollard’s most noteworthy works are Shame Trees Don’t Grow Here (1991). She is the sister of Erna Brodber, another Jamaican literary treasure.

During Black History Month???? Absolutely not.

#HaydenPanettiere walked so that #SabrinaCarpenter could fly #Grammys2025

Don’t miss your last chance to register for these workshops starting next week with SOMS out now! 👇🏾 | @omotarajames.bsky.social, Ramya Ramana, Matthew Gellman and Gregory Crosby! It's also the final week to save $15 during early registration! Register at brooklynpoets.org/workshops/all

In this seven-week, online workshop with SOMS out now! 👇🏾 | @omotarajames.bsky.social, we'll explore the interplay between art, literature and personal narrative through the lens of ekphrastic poetry as we explore the eras spanning the 1960s to the 2000s. brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/the…

As a Louisiana native, there was never ANY doubt in my mind. God help us all.

One day left to register for this seven-week, online workshop with SOMS out now! 👇🏾 | @omotarajames.bsky.social, where we'll explore the interplay between art, literature and personal narrative through the lens of ekphrastic poetry as we explore the eras spanning the 1960s to the 2000s. brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/the…

Final hours to register for this workshop with SOMS out now! 👇🏾 | @omotarajames.bsky.social! brooklynpoets.org/workshop/p/the…

✨ hey siri, play “man at the garden” by Kendrick Lamar 💪🏾✨ lol but fr, what an honor to have Black Pastoral awarded the Kate Tufts Discovery Prize! 🙏🏾 many kudos to the judges, my fellow nominees, and to Kingsley Tufts winner Jaswinder Bolina! 🤍 arts.cgu.edu/tufts-poetry-a…

September 30, 2025.

When you reach 100 years old in Barbados, you get a stamp in your honor.

“My show had value.” Joy Reid gets emotional speaking about her unexpected firing from MSNBC. Says she’s “not sorry” for going “hard” at Trump. (Video: Win With Black Women)

New York City, you in danger girl.

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I don’t have enough words to articulate how honored and excited I am to be named the Betty Berzon Emerging Writer for this year!! 🥹🥹😭😭🤗🤗

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities npr.org/sections/shots…

Stunner.

On the new #VSthePodcast, Ajanaé Dawkins and Brittany Rogers (she/her) are joined by poet SOMS out now! 👇🏾 | @omotarajames.bsky.social! 🥳 They're discussing the failure of poetry as savior, whistleblowers, art as a meet-cute, resisting shielding the speaker, and building trust with the reader. bit.ly/433fBFL

Haven't listened to SOMS out now! 👇🏾 | @omotarajames.bsky.social's episode of #VSthePodcast yet? That's okay! She's sharing her poetry pet peeve, so it's time to unclench your jaw, roll your shoulders back, and have a listen. 🎧 bit.ly/433fBFL

Welcome! The BLOOD-FLEX Project, based on my first chapbook, BLOOD-FLEX, is an open love letter to Black daughters. I hope you’ll join us for the journey. 🎥 : 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚘𝚘𝚖 i𝚜 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜