Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the ...

In yesterday’s newsletter, Bill quoted Philip Larkin’s “Homage to a Government,” on Britain’s quiet post-WWII retrenchment: ...

The former children’s laureate, 78, was rushed to hospital with Covid and put into an induced coma in intensive care.

Remember Monday band members Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steel INSTAGRAM Discussing their spot at this year's contest, the band said: "'W hat The Hell Just Happened’ is exactly how ...

We may earn a commission from your purchases. As a poet myself now, that fascination with the written word remains, although it has evolved from limericks to sonnets and free-verse love poems as well.

“We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning, February 24, 2025,” the statement reads. “Roberta broke boundaries and records. She was also a proud educator.

In recent years, it has spawned terms like digital amnesia — forgetting information because we trust our devices to remember it for us. Oxford University Press even named brain rot its word of ...

He sent me this poem about the Old Mission Peninsula after I saw him in church on Sunday. Thanks so much, Harry! It perfectly encapsulates why we all live here on this beautiful Peninsula. Be sure and ...

Ooh It's Kinda Crazy: the complicated history of Canadian boy bands More than 50 years later, today's Cancon regulations still shape what we hear on the radio. But while Cancon requirements can be ...

Today we remember and pay tribute to the countless and often nameless martyrs and heroes of the anti-dictatorship struggle. Today we remember their courage, sacrifice, and resistance so that we can be ...

It’s hard to remember how my ... our shadows across the bed, we get so/tangled/My husband grips his own wrist,” I’d recite to myself. After memorizing one poem, I moved on to others.

Nelson openly mocked the group, buying newspaper ads that outed Klan members and stating in a speech, “Barnum once said that there was a sucker born every minute, but when we look at the Klan ...