Join us for a conversation about the war on DEI and where we go from here with award-winning author Tim WiseIn celebration of the 20 year anniversary of Busboys and Poets, Tim Wise is joining us on the Langston Hughes stage to dive deeper into the growing attacks on DEI and explore a path forward. (more…)

Join us to celebrate this new WWPH anthology that dares to ask the questions: What of our future? Is there a literary response to this anxious moment–and to our shared tomorrows?America’s Future: poetry and prose in response to tomorrow features 164 bold, thought-provoking writers including an opening speech, published here for the first time, by (more…)

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones will join us to discuss The 1619 Project, its origins, and its ongoing impact on how we understand American history, race, and democracy. As debates over history and its interpretation continue—highlighted recently by challenges to exhibitions at the Smithsonian museums and other cultural institutions—this conversation is especially timely in examining (more…)