Heed The Attica Prison Precedent. Save The Rikers Island Inmates (Update)
By Michael McQuillan
A padlocked public park at City Hall permits pigeons to petition the Mayor who cast himself as underdogs' defender.Continue reading
“Blue Was Once My Favorite Color” By Mike McQuillan
By Michael McQuillan
Stars and stripes blue field so cool nation great they sayContinue reading
Harlem Sixth Grader Identified As Police Athletic League 2019 Poetry Contest Winner
On May 31, 2019, the Police Athletic League held its annual Poetry Jam, showcasing the winners of the PAL Arts After-School Program’s annual Poetry Writing Contest, at Affirmation Arts in Manhattan. Continue reading
HW Pick: New Federal Theatre’s Ntozake Shange November Reading Series 2018
Woodie King's New Federal Theatre has dedicated its November Readings Series to the memory of the late playwright Ntozake Shange, who died October 27, 2018. Continue reading
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, A Founding Member Of The Last Poets And Harlem Writers Workshop
Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin, July 24, 1944 – June 4, 2018, was an American poet and musician. He was one of the founding members of The Last Poets, a group of poets and musicians that evolved in the 1960s out of the Harlem Writers Workshop in New York City.Continue reading
Yara Shahidi On What It Means For Her “To Be a Black Girl”
By Yara Shahidi for Google Arts & Culture
To be a black girl is to be one of the reasons the universe thrives. Continue reading
Harlem Youngster Wins Police Athletic League’s Poetry Writing Contest
The Police Athletic League (PAL) held a Poetry Writing Contest for children from all five boroughs as part of the PAL ARTS After School Program. Continue reading
