Santa Filomena ,” which he wrote for The Atlantic ’s inaugural issue, in November 1857, attests to his lifelong belief in the ...

Literary scholar Farah Jasmine Griffin discusses how Black yearning keeps surviving in the face of racist violence.

In savoring more, we increase feelings of happiness and strengthen general well-being, writes guest columnist Gianna Somrak.

Writer Michael Salinger has some unexpected advice for anyone who wants to start writing: don't — at least not right away.

In 1989, musician and storyteller Mark Staples wrote this poem about Butte at the request of Jenean Salle Kujawa, who was a ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Boyd is retired professor at Wayne State University and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Michigan.

The Any Day Now creative writing series, in honor of Philadelphia poet Larry Neal, starts Saturday. It's a project of the Friends of the Tanner House and the Strawberry Mansion Learning Center.

Frost’s approachable verse and appealing rural subjects brought him legions of admirers. His personal life was shot through ...

In this week’s poem, “two cents plain,” Anna Wrobel finds solace in of a glass of seltzer (for which the title is an old Brooklyn catch-phrase) and a wartime act of chance and humanity that resulted ...

Reading fluency — the ability to read accurately, automatically and with appropriate expression — remains a critical yet ...

Chris Chatmon, founder/CEO of the community-focused organization that includes a youth-based record label, found ‘a safe ...