Robert Lee Brewer shares a prompt and an example poem to get things started for poets. This week, write a valentine poem.

Akhteruzzaman Elias would often deconstruct novels as a literary form, emphasising the role of social realism in mastering ...

A Californian Visual Language” at UCSB’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum explores how artists use text to challenge ...

If the solar system held a poetry slam, each planet would present its unique poetic style. Mercury delivers rapid-fire verses ...

VLR publishes a variety of poetry, prose and visual art in both a print and online issue each semester. Submissions are open ...

Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work inspires courage, resilience, and to be proud of your culture. This legacy makes ...

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 ...

Below are compiled three passive income ideas for professionals like you from different industry backgrounds. As you read about each one, ask yourself which resonates with you and your career ...

Inspired by the Langston Hughes poem “Luck,” Lynn Nottage’s ... inspiring her nieces with ideas about what’s possible. But as the play progresses, Bridwell lets us witness Lily ...

Boston’s second poet laureate will discuss “Three Leaves, Three Roots” at the Harvard Book Store, Brookline Booksmith, and the Boston Public Library. In her upcoming poetry collection ...