Stephanie Pacheco, a student at Borough of Manhattan Community College, wrote “Dear CUNY” to celebrate the value New York’s ...

Jack Black is returning to Studio 8H for the first time in 20 years to host “Saturday Night Live." In the promo, it looks like he might be taking the role a little too seriously with next-level ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald was not a favorite of America's editors for many years, but they all read 'Gatsby.' Everyone reads ...

When we hung up, the last thing she said to me was, “Don’t forget to smile!” I haven’t forgotten since. So, you’ve got a wonderful new book of poetry coming out called Sometimes It’s ...

Jean Prokott—a decade-long Century High School English teacher, the city’s third Poet Laureate, a recent recipient of a $50K ...

I was caught off-guard for a second, then I thought perhaps the best answer would be to simply share an example of how I got an idea and how I developed it into a poem. I picked one of my most ...

In the late 1970s, the actor Jeff Bridges and a band of his old high school friends recorded a hazy mix of tunes. Nearly 50 years later, he has released them on his new album "Slow Magic: 1977-1978." ...

The choices we make in a poem — line length ... and the more I revised away the extraneous, the bigger it got. It occurred to me on this walk that for me, this is happiness: being clear about ...

Corey Van Landingham, a graduate of Purdue's creative writing MFA program has published three poetry collections. Her third, "Reader, I," explores the nuances of romantic relationships in conversation ...

Very rarely do people — if you’re not a painter — use paint or brush strokes to communicate basic things. Poetry is unique ...

Worried poetry might put Grandma to sleep too early? We’ve got you covered with both short poems and excerpts, as well as underappreciated works. Read on for the best Christmas poems of the year ...