Choosing the right words was a gift that Everett Hoagland, the first Poet Laureate of New Bedford, had and used to create a ...

The album, out on 7/11 from Blue LLama Records interweaves classic poetry with timeless music. We spoke with Harris about the ...

Poet Mary Jo Bang has spent the last two decades translating the three books of Dante's Divine Comedy. Purgatorio is the ...

Langston Hughes appears again on our list of inspirational poems, and rightfully so. He was the first African American person to make a living by writing poetry, turning his dreams into a reality.

Concord unleashed to the world America's musical contributions, which sprang from our universal appeal as a nation.

Derrick Barnes felt there wasn't wide enough representation of Black people in the books he read as a kid. The Kansas City native's new picture book, “I Got You,” is ...

Let’s keep things light this month, shall we? Some of the fun offerings on Seattle stages this summer include circus arts, a classic mystery, high-energy musicals and a whirlwind new-play project that ...

From heartfelt 19th-century letters to Swiftie bracelets, a UC Berkeley American studies course looks at the ways we’ve found connection with each other throughout history and examines the role of ...

"There is not one American experience! … Let us resist the persistent push to limit the narrative of our nation’s past," ...

"Our communities should not have to rest on one or two people. But what’s more, the fracturing has to end," Tai Amri ...

What is the 11-letter answer for "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" writer who was awarded the 1991 Langston Hughes Medal (2 wds.) crossword clue? MAYAANGELOU That should be all the information you ...