To mark the forthcoming 70th birthday of Dr. Wale Okediran, former National President of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) and the current Secretary General of the Pan African Writers ...

There's a reason we live here. Many in fact. Our state is not only rich in nature — coastal dunes, thick, evergreen forests, ...

When we think of the most legendary presidents our nation has had, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, ...

On this day 125 years ago the Black National Anthem was first performed, written by James Weldon Johnson and with music brother John Rosamond Johnson.

Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long ...

Chava Rosenfarb (February 9, 1923 – January 30, 2011) was a Holocaust survivor and Jewish-Canadian author of Yiddish poetry ...

It's called "44 Poems On Being With Each Other ... Fear and love, a friend said in an impromptu speech at a surprise birthday party. We all live caught between fear and love. He tried to smile as he ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

Joseph Woods, known as Black Atticus, writes poetry celebrating Black heritage ... statesman and activist Frederick Douglass by celebrating his birthday and transcribing digitized historical ...

They raised a glass to Burns, read some of his poems and ate haggis, deeming the gathering so successful that they decided to gather again on his birthday. They turned that event into an annual ...

After extensive research, Dr. Noshit Sherlock of the University of Common Sense in Logicville concluded that statistically, the more you celebrate your birthday, the longer you live. #mindblown Ah, ...