Founded in 1996 by a pair of Black poets who felt isolated in predominantly white literary spaces, Cave Canem has become one ...

Peggy Shumaker, a stalwart supporter of Alaska writers and the larger arts community, is a professor emerita from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a former Alaska writer laureate. Author of nine ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) student Stephanie Pacheco, the 2024-25 National Youth Poet Laureate, has ...

Paul Revere was immortalized by Longfellow's poem and became an American icon. William Dawes, the other midnight rider, is ...

Libraries, schools and cultural organizations around Massachusetts and the country celebrate April as National Poetry Month. In honor of that occasion, please enjoy the official state ...

What happened in April 1775 in and near Boston is an important chapter of the story of why, how and by whom America was birthed.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's show had a pre-Broadway run in Boston. While still enjoyable, this anniversary production "might ...

Goliath’s artworks – one of the highlights at last year’s Venice Biennale – seek to reframe acts of mourning and of ...

If you’re a human living on this planet, you should get to know Doug Tallamy, the entomologist and University of Delaware ...

A mother's heartache unfolds as she shares the tragic story of her daughter's untimely death, revealing the hidden dangers ...