Gov. JB Pritzker has announced the 2025 recipients of Order of Lincoln honors, including speed skater Bonnie Blair.

When Ephriam David Tyler died in 1969 at age 85, he had written and published his way through three works of poetry that ...

Key West youth of all backgrounds and experience levels are invited to participate in a free poetry workshop as part of the ...

Naomi Shihab Nye set the tone for her seventh visit to Santa Barbara with a quote by Rumi: “In this earth, in this soil, in ...

The LA Phil announced the first details of the Walt Disney Concert Hall 2025/26 season: Patti Smith and her band on the 50th ...

Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet ...

It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the ...

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

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

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

Poetry celebrates its 36th anniversary tonight, marking 1,880 consecutive weeks of poetry readings in downtown Hot Springs, ...