The finals of the Poetry Out Loud high school poetry competition take place in Washington, D.C., this week. NPR asked some of ...

These poems are an ode to the feelings experienced on the fringes of what's socially accepted, but that doesn't make them any ...

Over the last 1,400 years, populations of the Yangtze finless porpoise have dramatically declined in China. But intensive ...

Up On Big Rock Poetry Series, a Shipwreckt Books imprint, is proud to announce the release of Jim Johnson’s Selected Poems, “A Good Sauna Always Burns Down.” Jim Johnson grew ...

Bill Littlefield, former host of NPR's "Only A Game," spoke May 2 at Welcome Reception for the National Baseball Poetry ...

Did you know Orlando has a poet laureate? Spoken-word artist Shawn Welcome went from homeless to being in high-demand. Buddy ...

A new bilingual collection of poems celebrating Wales' rivers gives Welsh and English "equal weight" to encourage poets to ...

“I want to hear an American poem,” Baraka recites in an audio clip that plays during an interlude video at Beyoncé’s Cowboy ...

In his debut novel, Ocean Vuong took pains to be illegible, then blamed the reader for reading. In his new book, he is ...

A conversation with the anonymous creator of the popular account about their new collection of poems.

In the heart of North Dakota, a local artist is turning pain into purpose, poetry into power. Known on stage as Dakotah Faye, ...