Teachers often love to give their students assignments that are thought-provoking with lessons they will remember. One assignment in a Winston-Salem Forsyth County ...

Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

The essay served as a definitive diagnosis of American race relations. Events soon gave it the force of prophecy.

My younger sister and I regularly send money to our parents even though they left all their properties to our eldest brother.

It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the lauded poet said of her new book.

Friendship, a covenant, romance—no matter what you call it, David’s love for Jonathan is one of the Bible’s most beautiful ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

A tribute written by Esther Gibson’s four younger sisters was read to public inquiry into the 1998 bombing on Monday.

Some artists sing like angels, some voices float on moonbeams and reach for the stars. From debut to last breath their song ...

Tijinee Dampeer advised her daughter, Khali, to write about her late baby brother and it turned into a beautiful poem.

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

During that year in hospital, Dad gave up work to be with me, which was a huge sacrifice not just for him, but also for Alice ...