Poetry is not easy to compose, nor is it easy to write about. Like music, poetry requires a certain immersion into the composition one hears via their ...

With previously uncollected or unpublished works, a definitive edition deepens our understanding of the Nobel laureate’s ...

It's been called the small pond in the great literary ocean. And with April being National Poetry Month, as established by the Academy of American Poets, may we ponder anew, or renew, the pond of ...

Lest you think screens have completely taken over teens' minds, note that more than 4 million high school students have been reciting poetry for fun and competition for the past 20 years as part of a ...

In January 2021, then 22-year-old Amanda Gorman read her powerful poem “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of President Joe Biden. Gorman’s eloquent message at a time of division and unease earned ...

Following a weekend of fear and violence in Charlottesville — where white supremacists and hate groups descended on the city and a car plowed through a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one and ...