NEWS

June 14, 2023

Finding the heat

Poet Joshua Bennett invites MIT students to gather around Black American poetry.

April 25, 2023

How a new sound hit center stage

Joshua Bennett’s latest book chronicles how the spoken-word poetry movement took hold in America.

April 10, 2023

The Voices of Unsung Black Poets, Revived and Amplified

“Minor Notes, Volume 1” is the first book in a series meant to recover writers from deep pockets of American history.

April 4, 2023

How Poetry and Performance Combined to Become a New Genre

In “Spoken Word: A Cultural History,” Joshua Bennett traces the roots, rise and influence of a movement that continues to reverberate.

Mar 1, 2023

Resident scholar's performances inspire Middle Schoolers to pen their own poetry

“Together, we unlearn shame. We dream silly. We sing what we cannot say to anyone else.

Jan 19, 2023

Dr. Terry and Dr. Bennett Discuss MLK’s Powerful Philosophy of Love

We were honored to have with us on January 17—in celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy

November 17, 2022

THE BOND OF LIVE THINGS EVERYWHERE

Curated by poet and scholar Joshua Bennett, The Bond of Live Things Everywhere stages Black poetry and performance in the open air, in close proximity to the water and the trees, as well as the live things that evade such proper names.

December 8, 2021

Through Poetry, Joshua Bennett *16 Speaks ‘to the Human Soul’

‘I was always trying to express the music in my head with the people I trusted’

December 10, 2021

Joshua Bennett Wins MLA Award for his Latest Book

“Being Property Once Myself” reframes classic works by Black American writers.

April 20, 2021

Dartmouth professor Joshua Bennett awarded two major literary prizes inside of a week

Dartmouth College Professor Joshua Bennett award two prestigious honors this month

September 23, 2020

'Owed': Poems That Celebrate Denigrated Places And People

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with poet Joshua Bennett about his new collection, Owed. Bennett says he tried to create poems that celebrate places and people who were disparaged.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

THE NEW YORKER: BREIFLY NOTED ‘OWED’ REVIEW

“Bennett conjures a spirit of kinship that, illuminated by redolent imagery, borders on mythic, and boldly stakes claim to “some living, future / English, & everyone in it / is immortal.”

JUNE 4, 2020

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POEMS FROM A PANDEMIC: Three poets reflect on life in the age of Covid-19.

MAY 15, 2018

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT HIRES CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED POET JOSHUA BENNETT

The Dartmouth’s Michaela Artavia-High covers the English Departments hiring of Joshua Bennett.

JAN 9, 2017

JOSHUA BENNETT TALKS WITH THE KENYON REVIEW

Joshua Bennett talks with The Kenyon Review about his poems, “Praise Song for the Table in the Cafeteria Where All the Black Boys Sat Together during A Block, Laughing Too Loudly.”

OCT 20, 2016