What happened in April 1775 in and near Boston is an important chapter of the story of why, how and by whom America was birthed.

For National Poetry Month, we talk with Richard Blanco, whose “One Today” poem was read at Barack Obama’s second inauguration ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. Los Angeles was still under assault from wildfires the week that an eagerly awaited new thriller from Robert Crais saw publication. The Big Empty was the 20th ...

E.A. Hanks says her father, actor Tom Hanks, was among the first to read "The Ten," which traces her six-month road trip in ...

The Desmond-Fish Public Library in Garrison and The Highlands Current are back with another year of One Poem a Day Won’t Kill You!, a concept borrowed from KRBD Radio in Ketchikan, Alaska. Each day in ...

April is National Poetry Month. Celebrated across the U.S. and Canada, the observance spreads appreciation and awareness for ...

Down in Ballydehob, 100 kilometres away, Kevin Ireland was expecting me and it was already midday. He did not drive and had no phone, although he told me I could ring Jack O’Connor at his bookshop in ...

For National Poetry Month, city of Charleston poet laureate AsiahMae is reading a poem every day via a video on Instagram.

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

Maya Angelou is the second poet in history to read a poem during a presidential inauguration; Robert Frost was the first ...

The poem “Happiness” is taken with kind permission from the poetry collection Tidelines by Kiri Piahana-Wong (Anahera Press, $25), available from selected bookstores or directly from the publisher.

Stephanie Pacheco, a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College, wrote “Dear CUNY” to celebrate the value New York’s ...