It's been a sobering week. But it's a new year, we've got a new president, and, dare I say, there are glimmers of hope on the horizon despite the darkness of the past few days. With that hope in mind, ...

How can we respond to the climate crisis in a way that creates hope, while also being realistic and truthful as to the ...

This year, critic Craig Morgan Teicher says American poetry has become too big for just one person to cover, so he's invited five colleagues to... It's been a sobering week. But it's a new year, we've ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - Ishmael Hope spent six years putting together his first collection of poetry, "Courtesans of Flounder Hill," a period of time in which the manuscript went through many changes - as ...

The work of two local poets is among a small collection of peace poems on display as art in nationwide literary locations, including Corte Madera’s Book Passage, this month. “I’d love for people to be ...

When internationally acclaimed cellist Jan Vogler saw Amanda Gorman recite a poem at President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021, he instantly became a fan. "What I admire about Amanda is her optimism ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (KGO) -- Cynthia Phipps has been writing poems since she was a child, but she rarely shared them beyond her family. But then the firestorm happened, and she decided to post some of ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Poetry is the art form that most expands my sense of what language can do. Today, so much ...

Diane Seuss’s work is a reminder of how a good line stays with you like some love. By Diane Seuss Selected by Reginald Dwayne Betts There is a poem by Diane Seuss that begins, “Jesus wept and so did ...

Khawadah,* a Syrian refugee, has seen a lifetime of suffering. Like many women, she was forced to leave school to marry. Later, the war sent her into exile in Jordan. Despite such hardships, the ...