Explore the fascinating world of education in ancient Rome, where literacy was rare, classrooms were unconventional, and learning could be harsh yet highly structured. From the tragic story of young ...

As the Poetry Foundation sunsets its adult education programming, the poet and educator remains committed to facilitating communal poetry spaces.

From Bradford to Bridlington, Selby to Sheffield, Yorkshire is a hotbed of musical talent, with venues and festivals of all sizes to showcase the very best the region has to offer. With that in mind, ...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is set to introduce incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani at his New Year’s Day inauguration. Mamdani, 34, takes office Jan. 1. After a midnight oath of office overseen ...

The poet laureate will organize and lead poetry activities, attend area literary events, and perform at government, civic and school events. Vallejo Poet Laureates Genea Brice, Jeremy Snyder, D.L.

From daring contemporary collections to the long-awaited definitive edition from one of the major poets of the 20th century, this is our pick of the best poetry books of the year. Whether you’re a ...

Imagine receiving a love poem that reads: “Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, browsing among the lilies,” going on to say that they are a “mount” that the author wishes to “betake” ...

Hacking the planet with florid verse. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Today, I have a new favorite phrase: "Adversarial poetry." ...

Dariusz Jemielniak is Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, faculty associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and Professor at Kozminski ...

The American poet Violet Ranney Lang was born in 1924 and died in 1956, of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, at the age of thirty-two. Although last year marked the centenary of her birth, the occasion passed ...