As a Black gay writer and activist, Essex Hemphill used words as a weapon, a radical call to action, and a source of healing.

How do you write about the life of a man who was “all his life… patiently learning how not to live at all”? Poet, critic, ...

First was a discussion at the Jule Collins Smith Museum with Alabama poet laureate Ashley Jones. The event took place on the night of Feb. 4 with limited seating in the museum. Next was an open Q&A in ...