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Maya Angelou didn’t hold back. From defying racism to reclaiming womanhood, her fiercest words still cut through noise and ...

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The Verses Festival of Words is back for its 15th year, running April 10 to 20 at Chill X Studio. This year’s theme, “Amplify,” speaks to the heart of what the festival has always done best—creating ...

As reported by the Hollywood Reporter, even after Val Kilmer’s acting career took off, he continued writing poetry for much of his adult life. He carried on writing poems well into his sixties, with ...

How powerful is voice? Whether written or spoken, says poet and spoken word artist Tawahum Bige, “voice as a weapon…creates that awareness and it can also galvanize change.” ...

The person who held the record before Senator Booker was segregationist Senator Strom Thurmond, who filibustered for 24 hours ...

The words to the US National Anthem were written by Francis Scott Key, as he watched the British Royal Navy bombarding Fort McHenry ...

I am Maggie, and I am envious. Envy is not only the least glamorous of the sins, but it might be the most pervasive. The good ...

Shefali Shah pens and recites a poetic tribute “for entire tribe of sisterhood”; watch Bollywood News: Latest Bollywood News, ...