Is there nothing I agree with Nicola Sturgeon on, I mean nothing at all? The former first minister sometimes talks about her favourite book of ...

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...

Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

You must share the message with everyone — let them know your suffering. Tell them how dear and marvelous our freedom truly is. Tell them where it all comes from.” ...

The poem reads, in part, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” ...

Just looking out the window, Lord, reminds me of a friend, How she felt bad to lose her Dad, told how his days did end. "I recall when Dad flopped on SNOW, made an 'Angel', for us; "We were amazing!

Merle Haggard has always been a stellar lyricist and singer, but this video proves that the man also had quite the knack for penning a poem.

His latest book of poems ... telling me to move away. My legal knowledge isn’t why I didn’t move when I heard the window banging. I knew I was a customer; I knew I was not a thief.

In November, two days before my 44th birthday, behind a local bike shop that I frequent, a manager from inside the shop approached me and mentioned ... man trying hard not to weep in public.

There’s a scene in the coming-of-a-certain-age novel All Fours when Miranda July describes an exquisite hotel room, the kind ...