Poetry has served as ignition, fuel, and fire throughout many political movements across history, and is particularly prevalent in Afghanistan, where women are finding dignity in written words as ...

The poems find peace in from the natural world, in the biblical gospels and psalms, and in spaces where things are made by ...

Poets.org: Welcome to the Guest Editor Q&A, hosted by the Academy of American Poets. I’m Mary Sutton, senior content editor at the Academy, and I’m here today with the Guest Editor for November, Laura ...

Lamia, one of the lesser-known demons in Greek mythology, is a bit of a shapeshifter, known as a man-eating monster.

The indie-pop singer-songwriter makes her literary debut with ‘Eat the World,’ an insightful and introspective collection ...

When Donald Trump won his first election in 2016, I remember two very specific things. The first is that I left The ...

Poetry Week is an expansion of Poetry Day, which was first announced in 1986 by then-Sacramento Mayor Anne Rudin. The week ...

The founders of the small nonprofit press are paving the way for a younger generation. It will soon be moving to Bellingham, ...

“The men worshipped them; they wrote poetry, love songs, letters; they put the women up on a pedestal, and the women felt ...

Hanif Abdurraqib's new book, 'There's Always This Year,' looks at basketball's impact on culture and LeBron James' legacy.