Zami: A New Spelling of My Name is Audre Lorde’s coming of age story, in a sense. It […]
Category Archive: Poetry
I really love poems. One of my favourite things about poetry is their rhythm, their musicality, their entanglement […]
I once had a friend ask me “how to read poetry” – a request that still stumps me […]
In spring 2021, we asked teens to submit original works of fiction (poems & short stories) to WPL’s […]
On this day in 1917, American poet and author Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born. Her work focused on […]
The 2020 winners of the Governor Generals Awards have been announced! The GGs celebrate the best in Canadian […]
Warning: This post will mention disturbing subject matter related to residential schools. Today marks the beginning of National Indigenous […]
The list of finalists for the 2021 Trillium Book Awards has been revealed. This prestigious award is open […]
Author and poet Kwame Alexander asked a dozen fellow poets for a few stanzas on how their lives—and […]
I need to be confident, I need to be bold, I need to show the world that my […]
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