Jane Hirshfield is the author of ten collections of poetry and two collections of essays, among other works. Most recently, ...

Entries are being accepted for the bell hooks Memorial Writing Contest, which is open to children and adults submitting ...

Missouri Poet Laureate David L. Harrison describes something unexpected he found after checking into a room with a fly in it.

A hymn to mercy and love, “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” springs to my lips when my heart is quiet. I teach it ...

The first Empty Bowl book to be celebrated at the Nov. 14 event is “I Sing the Salmon Home,” a 2023 award-winning poetry ...

Have you ever wanted to meet award-winning writers and ask them how they write their works or why they chose to end a story ...

Essay on Diwali in English: Happy Diwali! Diwali is a five-day Hindu celebration in the months of Ashvin and Kartika, typically falling in mid-October to mid-November. It is observed on Amavasya ...

While we're likely all familiar with quite possibly the most famous Halloween poem for kids — yes, I'm talking about the "trick or treat, smell my feet..." one — there are actually quite a few ...

I wrote this lecture in August 2023 and delivered it at Columbia University at the end of September. Nine days later, on October 7, the military wing of Hamas, the organization in power in the Gaza ...