As a Black gay writer and activist, Essex Hemphill used words as a weapon, a radical call to action, and a source of healing.

With February being Black History Month, it’s important to reflect on and appreciate the rich cultural history that exists ...

Love always has been a mystery to me, and I doubt I’m alone in that. It seems to be THE critical thing in living, the thing ...

Lisa Schnebly Heidinger and Julie Morrison traveled across Arizona, writing poems and prose to document their journey in ...

The Nobel Prize winning author is vigilant against the dangers of forgetting in a memorable, probing and exquisitely detailed ...

Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...

Sylvia Plath’s writing was witty, political, emotional and sharp. A substantial new collection includes more than 50 ...

Collingwood's poet laureate for nearly three years, Jillian Morris, has announced the release of her first book of poetry ...

Both storyteller Bob Mckeever and poet Elle Metrick have entranced audiences at separate events, but after their first ...

A year and a half after its integration into Emerson’s curriculum, the future of the health and social change major remains in limbo as it confronts low enrollment and staffing shortages.

Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

The essay served as a definitive diagnosis of American race relations. Events soon gave it the force of prophecy.