The job of a poet laureate is to engage Illinoisans in poetry, with each poet laureate given a small stipend to enact that ...

A reflection on the long-lasting impact of a high school English teacher on the life of a writer walking the road toward ...

Announcing the 18th annual April Poem-A-Day Challenge on Writer's Digest. Here are the guidelines for this fun annual poeming ...

Ariel Atkins’ on-court performance is worthy of praise. She’s a WNBA champion, an Olympic gold medalist and two-time All-Star ...

Laura Evers and Emily Sferra Kapela offer advice for how to transition from an English Ph.D. program to a role in career ...

Oglala Lakota poet Layli Long Soldier read her poem “135 Xs” and led a craft talk as part of the Pittsburgh Contemporary ...

POETIC PEDAGOGY: Alumni poet Taylor Mali ’87 leads a workshop in Hawthorne-Longfellow Library as a part of the Longfellow Days festival, joining poets such as Robert Frost and Edna St. Vincent Millay, ...

Kathleen Jakobsen, a sixth-grade teacher at Altona Middle School in Longmont, wrote "The Stars in Their Eyes" about her students. It won the Out-of-This-World Art and Poetry Contest and was ...

Board member Nick Melvoin said the resolution is aimed at combating cyberbullying and promoting focus and concentration in classroom. The proposal cited research indicating the impacts of ...

Maxim Naumov delivered a deeply emotional tribute at the Legacy on Ice charity event in Washington, D.C., honoring his parents, who tragically lost their lives in the Jan. 29 American Airlines and ...