Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Edited by writer and activist, Jael Richardson, Today I Am is a collection of short stories written by emerging writers in ...

It's time to send out the Christmas newsletter again this year. Sure, it could be the same old dry recitation of your family ...

and ends with poems from To a Little Girl, published posthumously in 1978. Throughout, we see the development of a poetic voice, as she moves from traditional rhyme-schemes and forms into a ...

My introduction to poetry — not counting, of course, jump rope rhymes and Valentine sentiments — was in 1945. I was in fifth grade at Lincoln School in Alameda. Our ...

NEW YORK — Rapper Busta Rhymes has been accused of repeatedly punching another man in the face, police said Friday. Police said Rhymes, whose legal name is Trevor Smith, was issued a desk ...

Rapper Busta Rhymes was arrested after he repeatedly punched a man in the face on January 14. The 52-year-old “Round Round” artist, born Trevor George Smith Jr., has since been charged with ...

“Break Ya Neck” rapper Busta Rhymes (a.k.a. Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr.) was arrested and charged with assault in the third degree on Tuesday, law enforcement officials confirmed to Entertainment ...

Busta Rhymes is facing an assault charge in New York and will soon have his day in court. A New York Police Department spokesperson told USA TODAY on Thursday that Busta Rhymes, 52, born Trevor ...

He didn't "Break Ya Neck," but Busta Rhymes will still face charges after punching a man in the face in Brooklyn, according to police. The 52-year-old rapper was arrested after 7 p.m. Tuesday ...

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 ...