“I have a dream.” You have heard the line. But what you may not know is that the poetry of Langston Hughes influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s best-known speech, which he delivered during the 1963 ...

In her inaugural poem "The Hill We Climb", Amanda Gorman calls on Americans to "rebuild, reconcile, and recover in every known nook of our nation in every corner called our country." A Miami-Dade ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A poem written for President Joe Biden’s inauguration has been placed on a restricted list at a South Florida elementary school after one parent’s complaint. In a Facebook ...

HUMAN. THIS CONGRESSPERSON IS LETTING IT TALK IN CONGRESS. NOBODY NOTICED ANYTHING UNUSUAL WHEN CONGRESSMAN JAKE AUCHINCLOSS CAME TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. >> THE GENTLEMAN IS ...

Our critic A.O. Scott feels the heat of a wintry lyric by the Nobel laureate Louise Glück. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott A.O. Scott, a critic at large for the Book Review, recorded the poem that ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

Contains one hundred stories, speeches, and poems by over seventy contemporary authors from nearly thirty Native American tribes.

The flag -- Visions of America -- Portraits of Americans -- Rule of law -- Freedom -- Freedom of speech and of the press -- Freedom of religion -- The right to be let alone -- Equality -- The ...