Madeline Miller spent over a decade writing The Song of Achilles – a fantasy romance retelling of Homer’s epic poem The Iliad – and it shows. Just as the title promises, the prose of this novel sings ...

PRISON REFORM AND JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM. WELL, IN OMAHA, MAN IS SHARING THE POWER OF POETRY TO HELP HEAL AND TRANSFORM.

Before she was the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia, Ghazala Hashmi was a soft-spoken English professor ...

Amid battles and food insecurity across Sudan, many people are turning to weeds and wild plants to sustain them.

Typically wearing leisurewear, the Canadian radio show host looks into a camera in the soundproof studio she created in her basement. With a microphone propped in front of her, she records poems — ...

Book Review "Stones Are the First to Rise," by David Giannini Published by Dos Madres Press 122 pages $21 In his books, Berkshire poet David Giannini addresses nature, its connection with the people ...

"May the road rise to meet you" is an Irish blessing that has been passed down through generations. It is a traditional way of wishing someone good luck and fortune on their journey through life ...

The winning poem was “Rise Up” by Sophomore Cherlande Stout: Rise Up Rise Up. This is our rhythm. Out of the ashes rises our kingdom. Feel the music of our ancestors coming home.

Her poetry often deals with topics like gender, race and politics. She continues to explore these themes in a new picture book Girls on the Rise, which is a poem illustrated by Loveis Wise.

Inspirational poems that’ll raise your spirits Thousands of years ago, humankind figured out how to transform one of our greatest inventions into infinite beauty, and language gave way to poetry ...

Gorman and Legend were just two of the big names lined up to rouse the crowd at the DNC on Aug. 21—Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Oprah also took the stage at the United Center, urging voters ...