Amanda Gorman made her voice heard in January 2021 while reading the poem for President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Minneapolis’ Arts and Cultural Affairs department and The Loft Literary Center selected Junauda Petrus as the new poet ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

The International Poetry Forum returns after a 14-year hiatus to revive the Steel City’s role in showcasing renowned writers.

Naomi Shihab Nye set the tone for her seventh visit to Santa Barbara with a quote by Rumi: “In this earth, in this soil, in ...

Hungarian-born British poet George Szirtes has been awarded His Majesty’s Gold Medal for Poetry for 2024 by the United ...

This year’s event includes talks from TV stars, Paralympians, broadcasters, comedians, musicians and award-winning authors.

Gov. JB Pritzker has announced the 2025 recipients of Order of Lincoln honors, including speed skater Bonnie Blair.

When Ephriam David Tyler died in 1969 at age 85, he had written and published his way through three works of poetry that ...