• The Wild Seeds Retreat for Writers of Color (formerly the North Country Institute & Retreat for Writers of Color), began in 2004 as a collaboration with the Center for Black Literature, the English Department at SUNY, Plattsburgh, and the Paden Institute and Retreat for Writers. Today it continues to provide a writing community where established and emerging writers can focus on the craft of writing and create cross-cultural conversations around the literature created by writers of the African diaspora.

    Read More and apply here: https://centerforblackliterature.org/wild-seeds-retreat/

  • The Center for Black Literature hosted its Poetry Café honoring MG, YA, College, and Youth Poets.

    Featuring poets Angela Du, Zora Satchel, Bonafide Rojas, and one of our editors, Kaiyah Ellison!

  • The CHR Team Invites you to scroll through our site and immerse yourself in our talented authors work! With emotion evoking poems, to strong academic essays, and not your typical ghost story, there is something for everyone!

  • Join the CHR team today in celebrating the exciting launch of Issue #6. We’ve added so many new features to this issue, making it truly beyond special, and cannot wait to talk about them with you!