A list of popular writings concerning African American poetry and poets

Obituaries by Margalit Fox for The New York Times
• Jayne Cortez (May 10, 1934 - December 28, 2012) 
• Ai (October 21, 1947 - March 20, 2010)
• Lucille Clifton (June 27, 1936 - February 13, 2010)

High-profile reviews:
• Are These Poems to Remember? -- The New York Review of Books -- Helen Vendler
• Defending an Anthology -- The New York Review of Books -- Rita Dove
• "A Post-Racial Anthology" -- Poetry -- Amiri Baraka 
• "End of the Line: New poems from Carl Phillips" (rev. of Silverchest) -- The New Yorker -- Dan Chiasson  

Rap as poetry writings:
• "How Ya Like Me Now" -- Poetry Foundation -- Adam Kirsch
• "Word: Jay-Z's Decoded and the language of hip-hop" -- The New Yorker -- Kelefa Sanneh
• "Unwrapping the Message" -- Bookforum -- Kevin Young 

Coverage
• Tracy K. Smith's Pulitzer-Prize Win  
• Kevin Young in The New Times in 2012
• Nikky Finney's National Book Award for Poetry Win
• The Coverage of Kevin Young’s Ardency

Related:
• Notes on popular writings concerning African American poetry  
• A notebook on other ways of reading African American poetry