Culture, Essays She Had Always Known Me: Remembering Poet Ntozake Shange My children have grown accustomed to my grief. Over the years—from the death of my parents and grandparents, aunts and Guest Author Posted on January 3, 2019
Culture Sweatpants & Culture | Edgar Allan Poe On January 19, 1809, a couple of impoverished actors in Boston, Massachusetts welcomed their second son, Edgar. By the time Jessi-James Grey Posted on January 18, 2018
Essays, Inspiration Personal Essays | The Opposite of Failure I am 42 years old, and I love being a writer. But I haven’t always done much of it. I wrote short stories as a kid, Guest Author Posted on November 7, 2017
Culture Sweatpants & Culture l Celebrating Black Poetry Day with Eight Poets You Should Know In celebration of Black Poetry Day, here is a roundup of poets you should be listening to if you aren’t already. Jerusha Gray Posted on October 16, 2017
Books Sweatpants & Books l Slam Poet Kyle “Guante” Tran Myhre’s “A Love Song, A Death Rattle, A Battle Cry” I put flip flops on in the dark this morning only to realize a few hours later than they don’t match. It’s been Jerusha Gray Posted on October 9, 2017
Books, Culture Sweatpants & Books | The Weird & Wonderful Poetry of Shel Silverstein Shel Silverstein spent his life creating, from one end of the artistic spectrum to the other. While he’s mainly known Salongo Wendland Posted on September 24, 2017
Culture Sweatpants & Culture | Poet Nikki Giovanni Born on this day in 1943, Nikki Giovanni continues to dream the world around her into a better place. Jessi-James Grey Posted on June 6, 2017
Essays, Inspiration Sweatpants & Creativity | Commaful Writing Contest Winners! Thank you to everyone who entered our contest with Commaful! You guys made it really difficult to choose just three final Jessica Hancock Posted on May 8, 2017
Self Care Sweatpants & Soul | Healing Through Poetry (SAAM) Happy Poetry Month, dear friends. I want to share with you how I came to take on the identity of poet and creative writer, Emmie Arnold Posted on April 27, 2017
Inspiration Sweatpants & Creativity | Commaful Writing Contest Sweatpants & Coffee and Commaful join forces to inspire writers with this fun contest. Shandle Blaha Posted on April 14, 2017