Change can be frightening, but the Holy Spirit encourages the faithful to face their fears, follow Jesus' light and be "born ...

Does history repeat itself? Or does it rhyme? WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends eight books that remind ...

Alicia Partnoy survived torture and violence as one of thousands of the 'disappeared' during Argentina’s political suppression and government violence in the 1970s. She shares advice with Californians ...

Kenya successfully hosted a special edition of the Freedom Café this week at its Nairobi offices, marking the launch of the poetry collection "We Refuse to Be Victims" by renowned Ugandan poet and ...

In the Ancient Greek epic poem "The Odyssey," Odysseus' men strap him to the mast of the ship so he could hear the sirens' ...

Late Australian poet Dorothy Porter could take a mere handful of words and do extraordinary things with them. Her sister, ...

Loyola's Social Justice Week invited poet Shivani Gupta to instruct using the power of the pen to combat injustice.

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the poem, “Decide to Forgive.” I was struck by how timely it is. The message is much ...

On one of the pages I had dog-eared was the poem, "Decide to Forgive." I was struck by how timely it is. The message is much ...

What sets spoken word artist and new Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley apart from others is her vulnerability and honesty ...

Mr. Fuller was 17 at the time of those murders. Living in Kinston, he couldn’t have escaped the fear and tension. If you were ...