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This week’s poem, by Sharon Kane, meditates on the outsized crises of the planet, and then on one small moment of love amidst ...

The death of Nefertari left Ramesses II devastated, a grief still visible in the poetry and imagery carved into her tomb in the Valley of the Queens, considered among the most beautiful ever created ...

Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah founded Hyderabad in 1591 by turning crisis into vision. Escaping plague and overcrowding in Golconda ...

Charlotte Ward, Malibu’s poet laureate, spoke with the hopes of healing via the rhythm and rhyme of poetry. Her words ...

The Negaunee Public Library is hosting a monthly poetry and short story night, beginning at 5 p.m. Thursday and continuing each second Thursday thereafter. The public is invited to bring their own ...

The South Side native will serve a two-year term as Poet Laureate and receive $70,000 to commission new works.

Rabindranath Tagore has defined love as an act of freedom rather than control. Through poetry and philosophy, he has shown ...

William Shakespeare needs no introduction. It is impossible to imagine English literature without this literary giant.

January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, and one survivor is using her voice to bring awareness to this ...

The volcano stands for the poet’s voice and her anger, which is the boiling point of hundreds of years of women’s fights. The ...

The Staten Island resident's work "Still, We Are Sacred" explores themes of survival and resilience drawn from his ...