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

Explore 8 powerful but lesser-known poems by Maya Angelou that reveal her depth, spirit, and poetic genius—perfect for discovery during National Poetry Month.

This Friday, you may just run into Erykah Badu and Billie Holiday at Proof Lancaster, or Sylvia Plath at the Lancaster Art ...

It was a wonder to see the sage, Nigerian Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka man the stage at the 6th ProvidusBank World Poetry Day Café, held on March 21 at Terra Kulture Arena in Lagos. The ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

On Jan. 20, 2021, two weeks after the horrific attack on our Capitol by some of our fellow Americans, President Joe Biden was inaugurated.

Should the poem on the Statue of Liberty guide U.S. immigration policy ... Just 14% said the copper-clad sculpture should be sent back, and 21% said they weren’t sure. Here, again, there were slight ...

"In any family there are differences but with Madiba's passing we have put them aside to make sure we are united and give Tata a proper sendoff," said Mtirara. The abaThembu clan has been rocked by ...

NEOGA, Ill. – Cleanup efforts are underway in Missouri and Illinois following storm damage, with Neoga, Illinois, experiencing significant devastation. The tornado in Neoga has caused ...

After years of leaks, occasional singles and rare live appearances, rap phenomenon Playboi Carti has released his third studio album. Simply titled MUSIC, the record set the internet and fan ...