Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” by Robert Hayden, reflects on what art can (and can’t) do in tumultuous times. Our critic A.O. Scott ...

NPR's Scott Detrow sat down with poet Kate Baer at Midtown Scholar, a bookstore in Harrisburg, Penn., to talk about her new ...

The project has highlighted a new generation of African poets and created a visually beautiful archive in the process.

Discover what Iowa City has to offer this weekend with f5 events, including annual favorites, holiday events, and live music.

The Gallery Art Bar’s monthly VOICE event brings together graduate student writers to share their work with the Urbana-Champaign community ...

Since 1999, the Cave Canem Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets, has awarded an annual prize to a debut poetry collection.

Edwardsville English teacher Kirk Schlueter joins the likes of fellow poets Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell with his newest ...

Poet, musician, and educator Yolanda Wisher has long drawn inspiration from the everyday rhythms of life and death in Philadelphia. Selected as Philly’s third poet laureate in 2016 — she served for ...

A bluegrass and blues concert featuring Mean Mary is set for 7 p.m. Saturday at Somerset Abbey, ​98 Main St.,​ Madison. The singer is known for her lightning-fast fingers, vocals and intricate story ...

Every school child learns the mythology of Paul Revere's ride. Though the truth is murkier, the story has inspired ...

Sinterklaas “arrives” on the Wadden Sea island of Texel on Saturday, marking the start of a three-week run-up to the big day ...

"Parts of our traditions kind of fall along the way if they’re not kept up," says Veronica Sanchez-Saenz, a teacher at Irving Dual Language Academy.