We’ve lost the connections to our own cultural roots of generosity, community care, and giving back. We’ve lost the relationships and connections with one another. Philanthropy as it’s practiced today ...

As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well. I often hear from peers and students that ...

The CRA is administering the extension for 2024 charitable donations. This extends the deadline for making donations eligible for tax support in the 2024 tax year to February 28, 2025. Charities and ...

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 ...

A Community Plate get-together is based on sharing pot-luck meals and recipes, and is capped off with participants taking turns sharing theme-based stories to connect ...

Tori Spelling defended posting a photo of her 7-year-old son giving her a massage in exchange for money after being mom-shamed online. “So on my [Instagram] Stories recently, I posted what I ...

Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.

He didn’t read book reviews—or so he claimed—and he didn’t write them, preferring instead to let his poems find their natural audience, which turned out to be a wide one. He mocked ...

How is your pursuit of happiness coming along? In my previous column, I left you with the question: Does giving to charity make you happier or do happier people give to charities? Let’s look at the ...

“I was very lucky to come into contact with him when he saw the poem and sent me a private message on Instagram,” Roberts said. “He suggested that there might be some interest in turning it into a ...