The anthology of African-American nature poetry features work by contemporary writers, and writers like 18th century poet Phillis Wheatley. Camille T. Dungy, the editor of the collection, says the ...

When Assistant Professor of English Myronn Hardy moved back to the U.S. in 2018 after nearly a decade living in Morocco, the poet found North America both recognizable and unrecognizable. In the years ...

His poems are forthcoming or have been published by The Academy of American Poets, Crazyhorse, The Greensboro Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, The Massachusetts Review, Mississippi Review, New ...

The anthology of African-American nature poetry features work by contemporary writers, and writers like 18th century poet Phillis Wheatley. Camille T. Dungy, the editor of the collection, says the ...

For two years, Antwon Rose’s poem lived in his 10th grade English teacher’s electronic grade book, largely forgotten. After he was shot dead by police, she found it again.

America never quite got poetry inside the American public school system. Poet Tony Hoagland, who teaches at the University of Houston, blames the teachers who spent way too long explaining tricky ...

If, as John Ruskin wrote, “to compose is to arrange unequal things,” the poet Shane McCrae is a shrewd composer of American stories. His poems often piece together, for striking effect ...

How ‘America the Beautiful’ was born. To gather inspiration for her patriotic poem, scholar and social activist Katharine Lee Bates traveled the U.S.

North Dakota man accused of threatening to kill Obama, breaking into historic trading post site. ... Review: 'Twenty Poems that Could Save America and Other Essays,' by Tony Hoagland.

Re “Poetry Died 100 Years Ago This Month,” by Matthew Walther (Opinion guest essay, nytimes.com, Dec. 29): Just because poetry is not a popular art form in North America doesn’t mean it’s ...