Poetry Archives – Scalawag

Let Black Art Tell It

by Alysia Harris February 15, 2021February 15, 2021

Through music, art, and literature, these Black Southerners—past and present—are interrogating, re-imagining, and reviving our understanding of Southern survival.

Poetry from Jericho Brown, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, & Taylor Johnson

by Alysia Harris December 1, 2020December 3, 2020

Exits from solitude—Poems we need right now

by Alysia Harris November 27, 2020December 3, 2020

Sasha Rewrites Uhmareka

by Jamara Wakefield September 22, 2020December 3, 2020

Letter from a New Normal: Finding hope in purgatory

by DANTE August 20, 2020December 3, 2020

If your name ever falls on a prison roster: What I know now.

by EDUARDO MARTINEZ August 19, 2020December 3, 2020

This I Know For Sure: Remembrance and freedom in Jaki Shelton Green's The River Speaks of Thirst

by Alysia Harris August 12, 2020December 3, 2020

Postcolonial Love Poem: 'How do you maintain your tenderness?'

by mónica teresa ortiz June 24, 2020December 3, 2020

Modern abolition and the lasting truth of change

by Scalawag Team June 18, 2020December 3, 2020

Southern Politics

Memorial Day and weaponizing the American flag

by Jedediah Purdy May 25, 2020December 3, 2020

Scalawag Updates

(Past) Scalawag Virtual Jubilee—Thursday 4/16

by Scalawag Team April 13, 2020December 3, 2020

Healing in the wake of environmental trauma: Two poems for National Poetry Month.

by Che Justus & Alina Stefanescu April 1, 2020December 3, 2020

"No Place Like Home" Notes from opening night at The Miami Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival

by Zaina Alsous February 26, 2020December 3, 2020

Curated Tolerance: the aesthetics of gentrification

by Amber Delgado February 21, 2020December 3, 2020

12 Haikus on gentrification: Bull City edition

by Alysia Harris February 19, 2020October 1, 2020

'The teacher calls us wet, dark names': two poems by Christopher Martinez

by Christopher Martinez February 3, 2020December 3, 2020

The Queer South: Where the past is not past, and the future is now

by Minnie Bruce Pratt January 27, 2020December 3, 2020

Food, power, and place in Northwest Arkansas

by Olivia Paschal January 6, 2020December 3, 2020

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Y'all's top Scalawag picks of 2019

by Scalawag Team December 30, 2019December 3, 2020

South of Rider-Waite: Four Southern Tarot Decks that Tackle Representation in Imagery, Theme, and Language

by Christie Matherne December 23, 2019December 3, 2020

'No Such Thing As a Still Life'—Ekphrastic poetry by Nina Oteria

by Nina Oteria December 16, 2019December 3, 2020

'No Such Thing As a Still Life'—Ekphrastic poetry by Joy Priest

by Joy Priest December 9, 2019December 3, 2020

'No Such Thing As a Still Life'—Ekphrastic poetry by Denise Alden

by Denise Alden December 2, 2019December 3, 2020

'No Such Thing As a Still Life'—Ekphrastic poetry by Keesean Moore

by Keesean Moore November 25, 2019December 3, 2020

'No Such Thing As a Still Life'—Ekphrastic poetry by Nordette Adams

by Nordette Adams November 18, 2019December 3, 2020

'No Such Thing As a Still Life': Ekphrastic poetry by Taylor Johnson

by Taylor Johnson November 11, 2019December 3, 2020

"I listen for the night:" Two Poems by Destiny Hemphill

by Destiny Hemphill September 16, 2019December 3, 2020

Scalawag Updates

(Past deadline) We Want Live Words: Call for Submissions

by Scalawag Team August 20, 2019December 3, 2020

Scalawag Updates

In Photos: Scalawag's Summer Jubilees

by Scalawag August 12, 2019December 3, 2020

Poetry & Playlists: 2 Poems by Maeve Holler

by Maeve Holler July 22, 2019December 3, 2020