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The poet Maya Angelou remains beloved more than a decade after her death. Yet few lift up the power of her voice in the ...

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Lola Kirke grew up with a rockstar dad and glamorous older sisters. In 'Wild West Village,' she writes about overcoming her ...

Ethel Blythe Penningroth, born in Williamsburg on Jan. 13, 1897, lived on a farm east of Iowa City in 1956. She was a homemaker and a lifelong poet who also took time to write letters to children from ...

Heather Lende, Alaska's previous Writer Laureate, shares a poem read on a cold, dark night during a dinner with friends.

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You might find yourself crying, but you won’t find many tears onscreen. Still, Roemer’s camera remains close, unswerving, ...

This collection of Urdu poetry translated into English by Rakhshanda Jalil brings out the Pakistani poet’s sustained ...

My knowledge of yogini Lal Ded comes from the folklores and verses my grandmother recited in daily life. As part of a ...