The famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas" shaped the holiday by popularizing stockings, reindeer, and even Santa ...

Since Jacalyn Eyvonne and Kathleen Herrmann became the first ever Co-Poets Laureate of Vallejo, they have aimed to positively ...

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" ...

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“My Way” ought to be understood as the real American national anthem.

But Hughes is one of a handful of artists whose work spanned both the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, which partnered with the modern Civil Rights Movement. In ...

Nikki Giovanni, a prominent poet, civil rights activist and educator, has died at 81. 'We will forever be grateful for the ...

The orphaned sea otter who became a foster mother to 15 pups. By Malia Wollan No one knows how Rosa was orphaned in September ...

Nikki Giovanni did not dream of being a writer, but her writing left an indelible mark on America and the world.

Ivan Boesky grew up comfortably, if unglamorously, in Detroit; his father, a Russian Jewish immigrant, owned a chain of local ...

The establishment became the favorite watering hole for Welch and Hugo and some of their original poems adorn the walls today ...

We take great pride in the fact that we're here in Nevada and that we're world-famous,” says Turquoise Cowgirl Donna Otteson, ...