At the most extreme, some forms of constrained writing are even more self-limiting and end up being very, very constrained ...

Hemphill, a Black, gay poet and activist who died from AIDS-related complications in 1995, was a unparalleled voice for queer ...

Dorcey began her political activism in the 1970s, having returned to Ireland after living in France and England. Having met other queer people abroad, Dorcey was struck by the repression that ...

Over the last half-century, British poets including Philip Larkin and Andrew Motion have driven a "lawnmower poetry ...

Caring for loved ones with Alzheimer’s or dementia is often stressful and isolating. For caregivers in a Sacramento poetry ...

The Yangtze finless porpoise — the world’s only freshwater porpoise — has faced extreme declines in numbers in the past four ...

As Israel's war on Gaza intensified in 2024, so too did the digital repression of Palestinian voices. A new report from Sada Social, a Palestinian digital rights organization, paints a troubling ...

SPRINGFIELD — Martin Espada’s new poetry collection, “The Jailbreak of Sparrows,” captures people, politics, and scenes and moments from Puerto Rico. Espada, a University of Massachusetts ...

But imperfection makes it indispensable. When lawmakers claim erasure is tidying the record, our elders’ stories remind us what “tidy” really means: book burnings, blank websites ...

This article looks at what intergenerational trauma is, examples of intergenerational trauma, and how it passes from one generation to the next. It also looks at the role of epigenetics ...

On the special occasion of Mother’s Day 2025, here are some heartfelt poems you can draw inspiration from, whether to add to a card, send in a message, or simply remind your mom how much she means to ...

In one of the opening texts of Nour, an anthology of poetry and imagery by Mustafa, the Canadian poet, singer, songwriter and filmmaker offers a poignant contemplation of his relationship to the ...