What struck me when I first met Ramakanta Rath at Ravindra Mandap in Bhubaneswar during the release of my first Odia short ...

What drives you to explore these topics? I believe poetry should stem from what you truly care about. For me, two themes dominate: gender discrimination and love. While I care about other issues ...

Rupi Kaur’s book recommendations reflect the ideas she deeply connects with, women’s empowerment, creativity, cultural roots, ...

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Portuguese native Joe Correia, a Hot Springs poet and photographer, will be the featured poet for Wednesday Night Poetry, at ...

Poetry Month is often the time we remember to teach and read poems with kids and help our children write poetry. But you can ...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if ...

Author Matthew Burgess and Caldecott Medalist Doug Salati spoke with each other via Zoom about their collaboration on 'Words ...

From social media to AI, new technologies have changed the way that we produce and consume poetry. For World Poetry Day, we take a deep dive into the trends that brought a renewed popularity to this ...

NPR readers of different belief systems share the poignant rituals that make them feel close to their spirituality. For some, ...

While Blondin-Burt's new book was published months ago, there are already new creative projects incubating in her mind, ...

I adored the way authors were able to evoke emotion and take me on a journey through words on a page. I wanted that gift. I dreamed that I could write something that allows anyone who reads it to get ...