So begins a poem, titled “The Cowboy,” about a real-life folk hero of sorts: Ben Ellingson, the 5-year-old who helped find ...

Come See Me in the Good Light,” a documentary about Boulder County poet Andrea Gibson grappling with an incurable cancer diagnosis, wins over Sundance audiences’ hearts.

A Black History Month tradition started by one of Johnstown's first Black educators continued Friday night for the second ...

Michael Longley, the Irish poet whose long career included more than 40 books, died last week. He was lauded by literary, ...

The winner of the 2017 PEN Pinter Prize on how poets have responded to the horrors of civil war – and why the peace process is far from over. By Michael Longley Editor’s note: this piece was ...

All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

The trailer for "28 Years Later" uses the same eerie Rudyard Kipling poem that's played during the military's survival and ...

Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We Climb," took to social media Saturday to express her condolences ...

The Good Guys Black Friday sale will likely start well ahead of the actual day on November 28, 2025, and will last up until the wee hours of Cyber Monday, December 1. The 2024 sale saw sliced ...

Neve Schechter, a center for contemporary Jewish culture in Tel Aviv, will host a musical performance of women’s poetry in Yiddish this Friday, Jan. 10, inspired by the groundbreaking poet Celia ...