The book on which she collaborated with two fellow feminists drew global attention to the repression of women under their ...

The poetry of Amy Le Ann Richardson is full of childhood memories that others can relate to. Perhaps that's why her poem "Leave Only Footprints," was named a winner in Kentucky Monthly's annual Penned ...

Thirteen-year-old writer Ariana Shaprow is displaying her poem “The Way It Should Be” at the Mosaic Children’s Museum in Woodland, California, celebrating the accomplishments of ...

Ready to give new voices a chance to fill the role she’s held for a decade, Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen is resigning. Sutphen, 71, is the state’s second poet laureate, ...

Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets ...

Rita Dove is one of the most celebrated poets of our time. As the youngest person to serve as Poet Laureate of the United States and the recipient of numerous accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize ...

The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

A Shloshim Memorial Service honoring the life of Lois May Jaffin Levine, the mother of Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, was held at Chabad Chayil in Miami-Dade North, Florida.

Toi Derricotte’s poetry is a testament to the power of vulnerability and truth. Her ability to weave personal and collective narratives into her work has made her a vital voice in contemporary ...

However, many of his most famous poems were inspired by these ... at a lot of Burns suppers where I'm the token female. "Things like The Immortal Memory (the main speech of the evening) are ...

Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) say they have now found that when the brain cells of female mice express only a maternal X chromosome, the animals’ memory and ...