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June 2025 Poem-a-Day Guest Editor Omotara James

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May 2025

Omotara James vs. The Speaker

Announcing the 2025 Guest Editors for Poem-a-Day, the Academy of American Poets’ Online Series Premiering Original Poems

Omotara James on “Rufus, I never met you, but I want to tell you”

The Glimpse, Episode 8: This Is a F*** You Poem with Omotara James

Poet of the Week — Brooklyn Poets

“Kiese Says, Black People Deserve Beautiful Sentences, but a Fragment is the Best I Can Do / Songbook for the Names I Have Been Called,” a Poem by Omotara James

Washington Post: Book Club Picks

Omotara James with Ricky Tucker

Omotara James releases her debut poetry collection: 'Song of My Softening'

Ten Questions with Poets & Writers

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