Literacy is a gift we give our children. It’s reading a poem by, say, Joseph Bruchac and understanding not just the words, ...

I would, I decided, give a gift from the heart. I would make a special present with my very own hands. I would write her a ...

The man behind the immensely popular Poetry Unbound podcast discusses the two books he’s publishing this year, early objections to Patrick Kavanagh, and the vitalness of surprise ...

We sat down with Poynter senior scholar Roy Peter Clark, author of numerous books including “How to Write Short: Word Craft ...

Near the end of poet Maria Zoccola's "Helen of Troy, 1993," the book's titular protagonist addresses the "gods of difficult ...

An extensive collection of Leonard Cohen memorabilia, including a locket with his hair, will head to auction at the end of February.

Czesław Miłosz lost his homeland to a Stalinist regime. What have we Americans valued in our own cultural past that might now ...

Humans require more than just sustenance to thrive; they also need enrichment and joy. This principle is especially relevant ...

English Aristocrat Sir Philip Sidney wrote an essay titled "In Defense of Poesy." In this text, he defends the value of ...

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Peter Gizzi, professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently won the ...

The late Chicano historian Juan Gómez-Quiñones stored decades of Mexican American history in the garage and shed of his ...