Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

While romance book series and ... overtures in his love poems, and this tender verse gives us a hint as to why. Make sure to read the poem in its entirety in The Selected Poetry of Lord Byron.

The first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the hardship and struggles of ordinary people.

A poem by Patricia Jabbeh Wesley was published in the "New York Times" online magazine and appeared in the June 7 print ...

Elizabeth Willis, since arriving on the University of Iowa campus a decade ago, has come to epitomize the iconic and esteemed ...

By Alexandra Jacobs When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. MEMORIAL DAYS: A Memoir, by Geraldine Brooks Behind every good book lurks ...

Editor’s note: The opinions of the smart, well-read women in my Denver book club mean a lot ... Parker “Devotions, the Selected Poems of Mary Oliver” (Penguin Press, 2017) This volume ...

"Joyful Solidarity," featuring Violinist Sirena Huang, is a Co-Production with the International Violin Competition of ...

one of my favourite poems by Gwendolyn Brooks. Syncopated rhythms and repeated phrases are the hallmark of the Art Deco precincts of early 20th-century Bombay. Jazz poetry is let loose as we see ...

too literary to be considered a self-help book, “Memorial Days” nonetheless contains much compassionate advice for those who have, or will, suffer the same ferocious blow. Brooks effectively ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

It recognizes honorees for their impressive works of poetry, fiction, drama, autobiography and critical essays that help to celebrate the memory and tradition of Langston Hughes. Past award ...