As the school year draws to a close, is there a teacher who has inspired you? NPR's poet in residence Kwame Alexander says his mother was his first teacher. He learned from her that "teachers are a ...

Amanda Gorman was thrust into the spotlight in January 2021 after her reading of her own "The Hill We Climb" poem at President Joe Biden's inauguration. Ever since then, the 23-year-old youth poet ...

When you reread the same poem over and over again, you stop scrolling along the surface and dive deep beneath it. By Elliott Holt Even before I could write, I was making up stories and songs. Or so my ...

Poetry and translation are both about picking the just-right word. But reading multiple translations makes an implicit case for celebrating abundance and variety. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s ...

It is often said that children require “routine” — by which we typically mean a repetitive, consistent daily schedule — but it can be argued that this is a prevailing need for all humans, regardless ...