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

At Holden Village, a Lutheran retreat center nestled deep in the Cascades, I asked my students to consider their vocation in ...

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 ...

In your story “ Ming ,” a poet named Thadeus inherits a Chinese artifact worth millions of dollars from a man he knew very briefly years earlier. Did you begin with that premise and see where it took ...

Heather Lende, Alaska's previous Writer Laureate, shares a poem read on a cold, dark night during a dinner with friends.

Vālmīki’s epic poem “The Rāmāyaṇa” is a great work of literature and a treasure of Indian culture — but its political and ...

It’s the thought that counts. This was my mantra as I contemplated a gift for my mum’s 80th birthday. What, I wondered, was appropriate for such a milestone? She already has necklaces and scarves and ...

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

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 ...

What do a necklace, a Target gift card, and a SanDisk USB drive have in common? They were all gifts from my grandfather for Christmas of 2021. The small USB drive, shorter than my index finger, ...

It comes down to simple generosity and the time-tested fact that in order to get something, you have to give something. That ...