As fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo rages on, a growing number of women in the country are turning to slam poetry ...

Wendy Arimah Berot has gone through some tough days in the past year.But Berot, the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning’s director of program operations, found comfort in others, and, ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

In the midst of turbulent times, it can be hard not to fixate on the troubles of the present moment. Here's how hope can ...

Author Lisa C. Taylor discusses how the awareness of our mortality can animate our writing and improve our lives.

What sets spoken word artist and new Milwaukee Poet Laureate Shelly Conley apart from others is her vulnerability and honesty ...

Coverage differs by state, but under federal law, you could recover for pain and suffering, loss of ability to perform daily activities and more. How much you can recover from emotional distress ...

Time doesn’t heal all wounds. Intentional healing, reflection, and support are essential. Some scars fade, while others become integral to personal growth and resilience.

Ditlevsen, however, once wrote that she did much of her best work in poetry. There Lives a Young Girl in Me Who Will Not Die, the first English translation of those poems, starts with selections ...

The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “I have slept in many places, for years on mattresses that entered,” by Diane Seuss, and his own poem “This Is a Test of the Federal Emergency ...