Robert Frost improvised, Amanda Gorman became a breakout star — but there will be no inaugural poet for Trump’s victory rally ...

"As a member of the media and thus, according to the new president, an enemy of the people, I should have something to say about all this," writes columnist Stephen Kessler. "But sometimes the beast ...

A researcher — who was looking for something else — stumbled onto two poems by Virginia Woolf. The silly, punny, quickly ...

Playwright Marisela Treviño Orta, like many movie lovers, is a fan of “Harold and Maude,” Hal Ashby’s 1971 movie about a death-obsessed youth (Bud Cort) who falls for a free-spirited septuagenarian ...

Thinking about my friend, a poem came to mind. James Crews wrote about a winter wren who made her nest in his tractor. The ...

We saw and heard pieces celebrating Lunar New Year and Kwanzaa. A girl recited a poem in Farsi to mark the Persian holiday of ...

Mary Ann McFadden was inaugurated as the newly chosen poet laureate of Ventura County at a ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 12, at ...

Nila, the 19-year-old protagonist of Aria Aber’s debut novel, Good Girl, will be eminently recognizable to readers of ...

Dove had stumbled upon George Augustus Bridgetower, a mixed-race violinist who had 15 minutes of fame and then was written out of history. In 2009, after extensive research and exploration, Dove ...

Just when we thought things were looking up in downtown San Jose came the news Monday that Mama Kin, the restaurant and music ...

In his new book of poetry, […], the poet, translator, and ER doctor explores Palestinians’ experiences of exile and displacement—and the difficulty of healing amid the ongoing Nakba.

During Monday's show, his "Today" co-hosts celebrated Melvin's new role with an emotional tribute and some big surprises.