Xenia High School senior Houda Loukssi recently competed in the Poetry Out Loud State Finals held in Columbus. As one of Ohio ...

“The churning, burning world needs poets,” Wharton said. “Poets express the human experience in lyrical words. Metaphor in ...

Stephen MacLennan proposed to his late wife, Mai, after declaring his love in the Minneapolis Star and Tribune in 1983.

Both a valentine to Iranian cinema and an absurdist look at Winnipeg, Canadian filmmaker Matthew Rankin's comedy is ...

Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

Glenn Raucher first became engrossed with the music of Drive-By Truckers during his hour-long commutes on the New York train.

Kids haven't experienced true holiday magic until the first time they hear A Visit from St. Nicholas. That long-form poem ...

It's time to send out the Christmas newsletter again this year. Sure, it could be the same old dry recitation of your family ...

Gorman cautions parents to be awake to the rise in book bans across the country, which will primarily impact children of middle and low-income families.

Montana's poet laureate doesn't pull punches — on anything. But his unfiltered nature and commitment to appearing in the ...