When my father was living his last years in a nursing facility, there was a woman there who spoke no English. I don’t know how she got there, or anything ...

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A new anthology edited by US poet laureate Ada Limón invites us into the natural world.

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Corey Van Landingham, a graduate of Purdue's creative writing MFA program has published three poetry collections. Her third, "Reader, I," explores the nuances of romantic relationships in conversation ...

Unrequited love can sting, but you can pour your heart out through poems, sharing all those feelings and emotions you've been holding inside.

Kristie Frederick Daugherty is celebrating National Poetry Month in April by partnering with Swift Alert to connect Swifties ...

Imbuing his work with a volatile mix of tenderness, aggression, sophistication, and obscenity, the Roman poet left a record ...

If nothing excites you anymore, these signs confirm you’re emotionally shut down—and how to start feeling again.

By Travis Hairgrove [email protected] During challenging economic times like these when many of us feel forced to focus on simply surviving, it can seem easy to dismiss the arts as an ...

Tommy Orange and Akbar recently stopped along their tour to discuss their friendship, uncanny parallels between their novels and their feelings about the Bay Area.

Dacus talks to Morning Edition's Michel Martin about her songwriting choices on Forever Is a Feeling, why writing poetry is ...