When we were kids growing up in Fredonia, our aunts and uncles would say, “Anthony is an angel but John is a devil.” It wasn’t that my cousin was evil. He was a gentle soul who just had a propensity ...

I saw my friends and the grief left, then heard a song and it came back. I wore my party shirt to a funeral, then wore my ...

Emend that. I should move slowly, so as not to startle. “I rode horses as a girl. You slept with them as a boy.” Let’s call ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

One could call it a celebration of love at an especially difficult time. Shaftsbury writers Brad Peacock and James Crews, ...

Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

———————————— Megan Grumbling is a poet and writer who lives in Portland. DEEP WATER: Maine Poems is produced in collaboration ...

Eva Longoria revealed that Meryl Streep had the sweetest reaction to finding out they're cousins, saying that the Oscar winner quipped, "Clearly you got the beauty." ...

Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many ...

Sunrise on the Reaping, the new novel from Suzanne Collins about the cockeyed and roguish tribute Haymitch Abernathy (played ...

Don't just say "I like you" or "I love you"—make your love confession to that special someone in a more romantic way, with an unforgettable poem.

It's not bad work if you can get it, apparently. For Kirk Cousins, he's been toiling at the job of NFL quarterback for 13 years now. And he has been paid. Handsomely. On Saturday, it was ...