Bahr undertook a complete re-examination of the tome, complete with spectroscopic analysis and mathematical investigation, to ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

It’s impossible for me to talk about writing without talking about living, writes Maggie Smith, author of the new book, "Dear ...

Seattle inaugurated its fifth-ever Civic Poet, Dujie Tahat, in a ceremony in the City Council Chambers. Hosted by the Office ...

To read Shukla is to read not a version of what is already known, but what is constantly being inscribed in and erased from ...

PEOPLE shares an intimate first look at Maria Shriver's new book, 'I Am Maria,' revealing her feelings as she navigated ...

Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

I’ve come to realize that when we lose the ability to communicate fully in words, the other ways we connect—through actions, ...

In the Ancient Greek epic poem "The Odyssey," Odysseus' men strap him to the mast of the ship so he could hear the sirens' ...

“Kanye West is not Picasso / I am Picasso / Kanye West is not Edison / I am Edison / I am Tesla / Jay-Z is not the Dylan of anything / I am the Dylan of anything / I am the Kanye West of Kanye West,” ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

Likewise, poems such as this one carry us to faraway ... Scorn me not, but know I have the pearl, And am only seeking one to receive it. Translated by Ralph Waldo Emerson The Persian poet Hafiz ...