Jeane Musesambili stood before the crowd and told them how she's "never known courage by its name." "But lately," she read from a poem she'd written, "I have learned to appreciate it in all its forms.

Twenty students from Spokane-area schools will be showcasing their art in the annual Black Voices Symposium event on Monday, many of them gracing the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center stage with ...

This National Geographic book is much more than a coffee table tome, although you could easily spend hours just poring over the photographs: black-and-white reproductions from Shackleton’s voyage, and ...

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 ...

In an age of ideological conformity and technological brain-suck, the world needs more disobedient artists and thinkers.

Faith and courage should go hand in hand. It is not lost on me that Inauguration Day was also MLK Jr. Day. Dr. King also lived in troubled and turbulent times. As he spoke out for civil and human ...

This brings to mind the poets of ideology and algorithms that Nadezhda would have called “mechanical nightingales.” When a friend told the Mandelstams about a bird he’d seen that, on its owner’s ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that no coercive action be taken against Congress MP Imran Pratapgarhi in connection with an FIR against him over an Instagram post with a poem whose wording was ...

Although Lindsey has been writing poetry since she was a child, she understands that revealing your literary artwork can be intimidating. “It’s definitely an act of courage to do that,” she ...

Regardless of the results, all participants emerged victorious for their creativity and courage, stepping into the boundless world of poetry where imagination reigns and inclusivity thrives.

Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read ... That “seems” speaks volumes; the doggerel grows worse: “Courage is in the air in bracing whiffs/ Better ...

Here’s to 2025. May it be bountiful with hope and the joy of simple things. And may we always turn to our higher angels of compassion, forgiveness, love and reason rather than the demons of ...