As I listen to my friends sprinkle “Pookie” into conversation like a modern-day sonnet, I can’t help but wonder: Is this what poetry has become in the 21st century? Sonnets, ...

Ramona, a chatbot powered by artificial intelligence, contacted 1,000 VCU alumni last month and received a better-than-usual ...

Falling in love is one of the best feelings in the world and you can’t deny that. With immense thrill and rapture, it is a ...

True greatness is found in the prolificacy and influence of M.T. Vasudevan Nair in literature, cinema, and public speaking.

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For NPR's series "Picture This," illustrator Carson Ellis talks about working with author Susan Cooper to make Cooper's poem "Shortest Day" into a children's book. (This story first aired on Weekend ...

For NPR's series "Picture This," illustrator Carson Ellis talks about working with author Susan Cooper to make Cooper's poem "Shortest Day" into a children's book. (This story first aired on Weekend ...

David Groff, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and educator, discusses the need for poets to embrace entrepreneurial ...

In south Minneapolis, there's a tree that doesn't ask for much — just a little kindness and the willingness to connect.

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