This year marks the first time a Rockford-area student has won in the Illinois Poetry Out Loud state competition in its ...
Tupac Shakur was born in Harlem in 1971 to two members of the Black Panther Party. Taking the name MC New York when he first ...
In the Ancient Greek epic poem “The Odyssey,” Odysseus’ men strap him to the mast of the ship so he could hear the sirens’ ...
The school competition that not only celebrated young talent but also encouraged the next generation to actively contribute to the fight against climate change through creativity, education, and ...
The Mary C. Jenkins Community and Cultural Center Board is hosting its fifth annual poetry contest in partnership with the Transylvania County 250th Anniversary Committee.
Patrycja Humienik’s debut poetry collection, “We Contain Landscapes,” explores chronic illness, climate change, borders and ...
Even if you never pick up a pen, observing your surroundings like a poet is a good habit to develop, author Lola Haskins ...
NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Himmelman about his new collection of illustrated poems for children, "The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds." ...
Ira Joe Fisher is set to launch his newest poetry collection, “The Birth of Snow,” at a book signing event March 26 hosted at the Ridgefield Library ...
Wendy Arimah Berot has gone through some tough days in the past year.But Berot, the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning’s ...
Our Collective Voices, a poetry reading celebrating the poetry and work of Loveland’s current poet laureate, Lynn Kincanon, ...
The keyboardist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers has finally released his second album, which deals with getting married, Petty's death and more.