“I don’t want to say it’s prophetic, but it is,” says Rose's teacher who found the poem. “If you knew this kid, he was a really nice kid. It’s such a loss."…
Donald Hall, a former U.S. poet laureate who was widely considered one of the greatest poets of his generation, died over the weekend at the age of 89. Jeffrey Brown remembers the renowned writer with a look back at a…
Hall, a candid, unaffected writer who examined love, loss and rural American life, died Saturday at the age of 89.
Eduardo Corral's poems are an imagined glimpse into the internal lives of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border -- something he said has been forgotten or intentionally omitted in the national conversation.
Inspired by the people who have come forward as part of the #MeToo movement, Imani Davis shares her poem “Platinum” and gives her Brief but Spectacular take on how society can overlook wrongdoing by famous artists.
In “Fable of the Pack-Saddle Child,” a poet imagines how a child who's been neglected and abused finds escape in her own mind.
Poet Hieu Minh Nguyen says stories like his are often left out of the “visible” Pride experience.
New York-based poet Whitney Greenaway shares her Brief but Spectacular take on letting go.
Poet Kazim Ali thinks the fluidity of traditions is an important part of understanding Ramadan.
Poet Jason Reynolds offers sage advice to graduates ... and the rest of us.
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