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When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...
The story Jesus offered in reply to the scholar’s question is well-known to many inside and outside of Christian circles. The ...
Johnny Depp drawls mischievously, making it clear he does not consider his ­return to the Hollywood limelight anything of the ...
In the poem Dissidents Such As I, the 25th poem in this collection, Stella brings home, with hammering insistence, the paradox of longing for home when home no longer engenders a sense of belonging.
As For Venida, For Kalief premieres this weekend at the Tribeca Film Festival, we speak with Kalief Browder’s older brother and the film’s director on the 10th anniversary of Kalief’s death.
Entertainment ‘I want people to read my poems and think ‘maybe I do like poetry’' - Siobhán Flynn, winner of the 2025 Mairtín Crawford Award for Poetry David Roy chats to Dublin poet ...
The format remains roughly the same throughout, with Jackson offering up various "I may be's," and the children echoing defiantly back: "But I am somebody." ...
"I may be poor," Jackson says, "but I am," he continues, "somebody," the real-life children who have seemingly wandered onto "Sesame Street" repeating each phrase after he drops it.
It's been 20 years since the first student poetry slam at Portland's McDaniel High School. That one slam eventually evolved into Verselandia, the citywide youth poetry competition.
In her new book, "I Am Maria," the child of the Kennedy family, broadcast journalist, wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and – after the end of her marriage – a woman in search of herself offers ...
I am hoping to elevate literacy to get our youth excited about reading and writing their ideas and thoughts. I hope to make poetry accessible to folks who think poetry is just young people ...
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." ...