In this poem, Withers delivers a resonant message on what it means to stand with oppressed people of the world.

Our great grandfather hadn’t crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 112 years — but he was about to.  Maybe not all of him, but a ...

By the 15th century, Arabic and later European historians interpreted Ibn al-Wardi’s story as a fact-based parable, with ...

Jenn Carter (she/her) is nonbinary, shy, Queer, a lover of nature and books, a mom, a survivor, and an educator. She writes ...

Last year, the acclaimed singer and civil rights activist Joan Baez published her debut poetry collection. Today, she shares ...

Southwest Minnesota State University professor Dan Rieppel and alum Ryan Ross continue to celebrate their late friend and colleague Bill Holm with the release of a recording of Holm’s poem “Playing ...

Am I allowed my fantasies?’ Joan Baez ponders lifelong pacifism in Trump-inspired poem - POETRY: Last year, the acclaimed ...

The Cure's music is littered with literary references, and we take a few down from the archives to analyse their poetic ...

Two new books of Jewish poetry form a bridge to the aftermath of the 1903 Kishinev pogrom — and also speak to us today.

In the debut author’s The Poet Empress (Bramble, Jan.), set in a world where poetry is magic but women aren’t allowed to read, a peasant girl becomes a prince’s concubine.

November stands as a quiet bridge between autumn’s golden farewell and winter’s silver silence. It is a month of reflection, ...