During the COVID-19 quarantine, Portland-based poet Anis Mojgani virtually navigated his new position as Oregon’s poet ...

In a world oversaturated with noise, poetry cuts through with a whisper: a demand to hear the language of poets. This month is a moment for creative writers nationwide to celebrate and uplift the art ...

Poetry is known for its brevity. And tell me, where are the poetic politicians like John F. Kennedy, who said, “When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations." ...

For a writing exercise, Purpura suggested taking a work-in-progress piece to an unfamiliar space and reading it aloud, taking ...

In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments ...

Samuel Waweru, alias Anthem Republiq, during the interview /JOYCE KIMANIIn the winding alleys of Mathare, one of Nairobi’s oldest and most densely populated informal settlements, creativity thrives in ...

Joy Harjo joined OU English professor Jake Skeets for a conversation about Native American writers and literature in Copeland ...

WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn and Susan Phillips explore the beauty of nature through poetry, featuring iconic poets like Amanda Gorman, Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg.

The expression comes from the famous scene in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” in which the eponymous seafarer shoots and kills an albatross—a sign of good luck or providence ...