A poet’s advice to new grads: Be curious, embrace failure and ‘jump’
Poet Jason Reynolds offers sage advice to graduates ... and the rest of us.
A poet’s love letters to the outdoors
Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil writes a love letter to the planet in her latest poetry collection "Oceanic."…
This poet’s obsession with death led her to write about how to live
Nicole Sealey's new poetry collection asks us if, like the Greek figure of Sisyphus, we can find contentment even when life is difficult and absurd…
This poetry uses Mary Magdalene to explore troubles that bedevil modern life
"Magdalene," a new book of poems from former New York Poet Laureate Marie Howe, who was raised Catholic, seeks to reenvision Mary Magdalene for the modern age -- and tackles some of our modern-day problems in the process.
Since the election, thousands of musicians, poets and other writers have mobilized across the country to protest the rhetoric and proposed policies of President-elect Donald Trump. On Sunday, “Writers Resist” events were held around the country. But while less visible,…
American poet Galway Kinnell, whose work emphasized the ordinary over the fantastical, died from leukemia Tuesday at his home in Sheffield, Vermont. He was 87.
Renaissance woman and civil rights activist Maya Angelou has died at the age of 86.
