It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the lauded poet said of her new book.

Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires courage, resilience, and to be proud of your culture. This legacy makes ...

People repeatedly told me I'd miss when my kids were little. Now that they are teens, I realize how much of myself I gave up ...

Children's poet Constance Levy, a former educator who lives in St. Louis, encourages readers of all ages to tell their own ...

I was a latchkey kid but when my 12-year-old asked to walk alone to a café I panicked. Eventually I gave her the independence ...

Czesław Miłosz lost his homeland to a Stalinist regime. What have we Americans valued in our own cultural past that might now ...

There is much to look forward to. Thank you to everyone for your continued support.” Her message strikes the same encouraging, hopeful tone as Burns's poem. It's also a prime example of exactly what ...

Julia Stiles has opened up about how her tears “ended up coming easily” when she filmed that emotional poetry recital scene ... when you’re an actress in your first leading role in a big ...

"In order to avoid the potential scandal of child sexual abuse in its programs ... name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox.

Charli returns home wondering about starting to try to have her own child: “How sublime/What a joy, oh my, oh my/Standing there/Same old clothes she wore before, holding her child, yeah/She’s ...

Ageing is normal but my daughter’s easy beauty makes me feel down — and I know I’ll be condemned for admitting that I’m jealous of my own child. My envy took me by surprise — with ...