Sarwar is a writer, artist and community activist who shares Altadena poet laureate honors with writer Lester Graves Lennon.

Arian Katsimbras’ debut poetry collection, The Wonder Years, published in 2023, details his harrowing, lonely, beautiful childhood in Washoe Valley.

Proceeds from his published works benefit the local charity that he started in 1999, the Family Needs Fund, which offers ...

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On a warm sunny day, we wound up at the Hayden Library on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe. There, we hustled to ...

What makes a good self-help book? The excellent book mentioned here is Philippa Perry’s The Book You Want Everyone You Love to Read. Rebecca Watson’s column also contains mention of Cate Blanchett’s ...

In honor of Women’s History Month, we spoke with seven creators of picture book biographies highlighting overlooked female figures in history.

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It was as if she waited to have her last dance. That was in February, when the literary community took over the J Randle ...

After being a nurse for 12 years, Kacie Gikonyo became a death doula who works with terminally ill people and their loved ones to prepare for a client's death. She talks with PEOPLE about the ...

The Gist: One of the seniors coloring and writing poems is Ae-sun (Moon So-ri), who thinks back to her early 1960s childhood and thinks, “I had no idea back then that I’d ever turn 70.” But then, as ...

Are you and your kids in the mood for a good laugh? Look no further. Some of the top-rated comedies on this list are a few decades old, while others are much more recent -- but we think they're all ...