Virginia’s Lt. Gov-elect Ghazala Hashmi (D) holds a PhD in poetry and selected five poems for fellow Democrats that brought her comfort over the past year.

A comprehensive list of eight new books, from poetry to memoirs, hitting the shelves from the tail-end of 2025 to the ...

Quote of the day attributed to Robert Frost survives not because it flatters diplomacy, but because it distils it. In a ...

As Valentine’s Day 2026 is just around the corner, Michelangelo and Vittoria Colonna’s story reminds us that love need not ...

In response to the murder of Renee Good by ICE in Minneapolis, Robin Ince has written a poem of defiance for Big Issue.

Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, SC, honored the life of Black poet Phillis Wheatley on Jan. 30 with a commemorative USPS stamp and a day in her honor.

On Burns Night this Sunday – and 235 years after Tam O'Shanter was published in 1791 – Scots everywhere may well be treated to a masterwork with a unique, universal appeal.

Poetry events kicked up after a slight respite for the holidays. I attended the Blue Whale Reading two weeks ago, featuring ...

Can a few lines of verse, make commuting less worse? That, in essence, is the question asked four decades ago by Judith Chernaik, an American writer in London ...

Plan out which events you will attend during the city's three-day literature festival next weekend.

Dia dos Namorados is also commemorated in June because February conflicts with Brazil's epic Carnival, which is observed that ...

Harjo, the first Native American to serve as national poet laureate, and her successor, Limón, the first Latina in the post, ...