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Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...
What’s your favorite Langston Hughes poem? Maybe it’s one you grew up with. Maybe it’s one you stumbled across in a moment of ...
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 poem of the ...
Many of the phrases truly wise people use often, according to research, provide teaching moments and avenues for learning in ...
In an eighth grade U.S. history class last fall, Janai Meschery read a poem by her father titled “The Legend,” which ...
Nobody expects it to turn into a bestseller, yet some of the most wise and gorgeous language about Texas ... She served as ...
When her students said the NBA great’s legendary game never happened Janai Meschery brought in her father, who was Wilt ...
The late Ernie Harwell's contributions to the Detroit Tigers are truly immeasurable. In honor of his legacy, I have crafted a ...
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 ...
In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ...
Sam Illingworth does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ... beyond their academic appointment. Physics and poetry might seem like an unlikely pair, but both are rooted ...
A Norman Castle with a 900-year history, contested by English and Scottish sovereigns, is on the market for a staggering £7,250,000 – complete with its very own museum. Tucked away in the ...