The latest volume continues to feature some of the very finest contemporary literary work, with six short stories, a novella, ...

Maplewood poet and knitter wins state grant for poetry.

Several Jacksonville-area writers were honored for their crafting of prose and poetry as they use words to transport their readers into another world or to think differently about an everyday activity ...

A former leading IRA man says he has discovered a new way of dealing with the horrors of the past — by writing “conflict ...

Today we’ve got children’s picture books that emphasize kindness and anti-violence, and a new collection about New York from ...

Three North Ridgeville school students were recognized as finalists in the recent “Stop the Hate” essay and poem competition ...

In the piece “what can a poem do?,” even professional poet Darius V. Daughtry seems to agree. Right away, he admits the difficult truth: No matter how much you enjoy it, a poem can’t save your life.

The City University of New York today unveiled “Dear CUNY,” a video featuring a poem written by the 2024-25 National Youth Poet Laureate Stephanie Pacheco, in commemoration of National Poetry Month.

composing a poem spontaneously on each celebration day. One describes a young woman who greeted her at the counter of a Taco Bell on a particularly rough day with unexpected kindness. (These are ...

In the days after her daughter’s death, Summer Bushman has found herself lingering inside the room where she last saw the fourth-grader. She sits in her daughter’s chair, runs her fingers ...