When Cleveland poet Philip Metres was a senior in AP English at Wilmette, Illinois’ Loyola Academy in 1987, he was assigned a ...

Every school child learns the mythology of Paul Revere's ride. Though the truth is murkier, the story has inspired generations.

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Two women have saved a war poet's work from being lost - twice over and more than 100 years apart. Only 24, Nowell Oxland ...

Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” by Robert Hayden, reflects on what art can (and can’t) do in tumultuous times. Our critic A.O. Scott ...

Write poetry like a madman, make a scene, cry and wail—back then, I was a poet. A real poet.” Poet Ma Jong-ki, 86 years old, ...

Among them was Glenna Manchego, known by her call sign BabyDoc. At twenty-five, she has already lived a life that few novels ...

NPR's Scott Detrow sat down with poet Kate Baer at Midtown Scholar, a bookstore in Harrisburg, Penn., to talk about her new book of poetry, How About Now.