An influential poet has died at the age of 61. Thomas Sayers Ellis was the founder of a community of Black poets, as well as a musician, photographer and bandleader.

Remembering poet Thomas Sayers Ellis, dead at 61

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Remembering poet Thomas Sayers Ellis, dead at 61

Remembering poet Thomas Sayers Ellis, dead at 61