Seattle Reads is the library’s citywide book group, with more than 20 programs planned in April and May, including events with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón on May 16 and 17. Find a copy of “You Are ...

For readers who have felt isolated, disconnected, and alone, sometimes processing those feelings through poetic expression can unlock new pathways of self-discovery and empowerment. In a new poetry ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

Patricia Smith’s journey from a public scandal to becoming a poetry powerhouse proves that redemption can roar louder than ...

Skye Jackson’s debut poetry collection, “Libre,” leads off with a poem that, back in 2021, won her deserved acclaim.

Milwaukee therapist Cedric Hoard, also a spoken word artist, is now a published author following a sold-out book signing and ...

When fire engulfed the ancestral home of the de Peralta family in Dingras, Ilocos Norte on Sept. 11, 2021, it destroyed ...

When I was an impoverished student sustained by Pot Noodles, the Cúirt International Festival of Literature introduced me to ...

Is it callous of me to read the most heart-wrenching tale of physical pain and loss and think, “This is one of the most ...

Year after year, millions of children fall behind in reading, and the consequences are profound: reduced lifetime earnings, ...