We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

Seattle inaugurated its fifth-ever Civic Poet, Dujie Tahat, in a ceremony in the City Council Chambers. Hosted by the Office ...

In her new book, "I Am Maria," the child of the Kennedy family, broadcast journalist, wife of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and – after the end of her marriage – a woman in search of herself offers an ...

In her new memoir, the daughter of Kennedys, broadcast journalist and former first lady of California uses poetry to explore ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

First of all, it wasn't even initially part of the Statue of Liberty. The statue was built in the 1870s and 1880s. The poem ...

T oday The Atlantic launches “The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),” a new editorial project that brings ...

The poem reads, in part, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” ...

"My responsibilities are to elevate poetry and literacy," Miller told the American-Statesman on Tuesday. "I will do that through events and appearances. I am hoping to elevate literacy to get our ...

Speaking with Lee Cowan about her own mother, the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver — one of former President John F. Kennedy's ten siblings and the founder of the Special Olympics — she said: "She was ...

Shriver recalls the ensuing “self-pity party” that included “a litany of trips to various therapists, healers, shamans, and ...