Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady founded Cave Canem in 1996 with the intuition that African American poets would benefit from having a place of their own in the literary landscape. Over the past 15 years, that intuition has become a conviction. In Cave Canem, emerging poets find sustenance, a safe space to take artistic chances.
Toi Derricotte and Cornelius Eady founded Cave Canem in 1996 with the intuition that African American poets would benefit from having a place of their own in the literary landscape. Over the past 15 years, that intuition has become a conviction. I...