EditorialKeisha Thompson at the Royal Exchange Theatre, where she was commissioned to write a poem about its roots in slavery, in Manchester, England, June 21, 2023. (Jack Roe/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)
EditorialJames de Jongh, then a professor in the English department at CCNY, reading poetry in the Finley Student Center at City College of New York on April 2, 1973. (Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times)