The poet laureate will serve as an ambassador for the arts to promote creative expression and inspire writers across the ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote 'Ulysses,' the bookstore that Jewish poet Umberto Saba opened in 1919 has come ...

Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...

Lisa Schnebly Heidinger and Julie Morrison traveled across Arizona, writing poems and prose to document their journey in ...

Maya Angelou, a renowned novelist, actress, writer, poet, and civil rights activist, left behind a legacy and poignant pieces readers can revisit forever, with her work discussing identity, ...

Neerasam bhaavich nee poyithenkilum... Kunje neeyithu nukarnnale ammakk sughamavu... — Lines from Mambazham by Vyloppilli Sreedhara MenonThe simple, yet powerfu ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...

Gurajada Appa Rao (1862–1915) was a prominent Indian playwright, poet, and social reformer, best known for his contributions to Telugu literature. Born in Rayavaram village in the ...

Nirmala Sitharaman used Telugu poet and playwright Gurajada Apparao's famous words to emphasise the government's vision for ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities have arrested a political activist who criticized the Islamic Republic’s ...

Patti Smith, an American singer and poet, collapsed suddenly on stage at the Teatro Cultura Artística in São Paulo, Brazil on ...