A University of Texas at Arlington graduate student recently found a piece of American history that offers more insight on U.S. slavery. Julie McCown, a doctoral student, discovered one of the ...

Sherman Alexie read hundreds, maybe thousands, of poems last year while editing the 2015 edition of Best American Poetry, an annual anthology that comes out Tuesday. Just over six dozen of them made ...

Have they run out of xenophobia? If they haven't, we've reason to fret. After the controversy surrounding the Peter Liang case, Chris Rock's racist jokes toward Asians at the Oscars, we now have ...

A poem about the proliferation of modern Chinese cuisine has left many Asian-American chefs and writers with a bad taste in their mouths. “Have They Run Out of Provinces Yet?” by humorist and food ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - On the final day of 2013, the Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor features a poem from poet Jack Ridl, former professor of English at Hope College. The poem, titled "The End of ...

George Selden's words from "The Cricket in Times Square" inspired Poem Renovation's Dec. 16 challenge. CLIFTON PARK — In good times and bad, Kelly de la Rocha always turns to poetry. Advertisement ...

Kampala — I have decided to write these few background notes on my poem, My Husband Has Gone, for two main reasons: First, there is an interesting history behind it and the circumstances under which ...

An Israeli Court has sentenced poet Dareen Tatour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, to five months in prison for a poem she posted on social media in 2015. She was sentenced today, July 31, on charges ...

Ed Balls was among the judges of the annual awards. Seven-year-old wins Young Writer Award for ’emotive’ poem about a homeless man (Ian West/PA) A seven-year-old who wrote a poem about a homeless man ...