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

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

Black History Month, observed throughout February, honors the achievements and impactful contributions of Black individuals.

Every year, on March 8, we celebrate International Women’s Day. This is an opportunity to globally honor the achievements and contributions of women, especially as we continue to fight the ...

An award-winning poet, author, translator and educator has died. X.J. Kennedy was 96. He schooled millions of students through “The Bedford Reader” and other textbooks and engaged ...

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.

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

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 ...

Wolverhampton Literature Festival is back next weekend, bringing literature, poetry, music and dance together with over 90 ...

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.

This year’s Women to Watch are in several different fields, from small business to filmmaking to education to nonprofit work.