The job of a poet laureate is to engage Illinoisans in poetry, with each poet laureate given a small stipend to enact that ...

The city of Sedona and the Community Library Sedona are seeking applicants for Sedona’s inaugural Poet Laureate. Potential ...

A reader shares what a poem Abby printed years ago still means to her.

Arian Katsimbras’ debut poetry collection, The Wonder Years, published in 2023, details his harrowing, lonely, beautiful childhood in Washoe Valley.

What makes a good self-help book? The excellent book mentioned here is Philippa Perry’s The Book You Want Everyone You Love to Read. Rebecca Watson’s column also contains mention of Cate Blanchett’s ...

In the midst of turbulent times, it can be hard not to fixate on the troubles of the present moment. Here's how hope can ...

Loyola's Social Justice Week invited poet Shivani Gupta to instruct using the power of the pen to combat injustice.

It was written by a former assistant United Nations secretary-general who passed away in 2010 at the age of 87. His words are ...

By Philippa TracyLove After Love is also the title of a poem by Nobel Prize-winning writer Derek Walcott. It is a poem about recovering from heartbreak and finding happiness again. The break-up in the ...

Love is not exclusive to lovers. It's for anyone and everyone. If it were not there would be no ministers or priests to preach. No Mother Theresa or teachers to teach. No one looking up at the moon ...

The rare handwritten copy of "Sonnet 116" features several additional lines, which may have been an attempt to insert British ...