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

Two Shaker High School students have advanced to the Poetry Out Loud state semifinal competition following their performances ...

San Diego has named Paola Capó-García as its third Poet Laureate since the program began in 2020. A former journalist and ...

Civil was introduced by Robert P. Hubbard Assistant Professor of Poetry Michael Leong, who described her work as something ...

With the dawn of a ceasefire in Gaza, the writer reflects on collections by Palestinian poets that don’t lose sight of love ...

Like so many of us, Caleb Femi spent the depths of the COVID lockdown remembering times when his body was allowed to be freer ...

Finance ministers, over the years, have added some poetic touch or other elements to the budget announcement. Here is how ...

Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...

Rita Dove is one of the most celebrated poets of our time. As the youngest person to serve as Poet Laureate of the United States and the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize ...

Perpetual outrage, no matter how justified it may seem, is not a sustainable political strategy. Those who disagree with ...

University of Washington Professor Emeritus Michael Perlman must be bored in retirement. He penned an anti-Trump "resistance ...

An L.A. native, John Lopez has written for Strange Angel, Seven Seconds, The Man Who Fell to Earth and The Terminal List. He ...