Devreaux Baker, Mendocino County’s first poet laureate, was about 19 years old when she left her home in Texas with her ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Himmelman about his new collection of illustrated poems for children, "The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds." ...

I adored the way authors were able to evoke emotion and take me on a journey through words on a page. I wanted that gift. I dreamed that I could write something that allows anyone who reads it to get ...

St. Patrick’s Day brings to mind several things, including my blessed Aunt Mary Donnelly Van Slyke, the most sainted woman I’ve ever met. She spent a long lifetime ministering to the needs of her ...

Actors releasing albums is a common occurrence, but nobody had John Wayne pegged as the sort of actor who'd enter the recording booth.

Born Parsi, Sufi of heart and Christian in suffering, Buddhist in his detachment, and Hindu in his sensuality, Hoshang Merchant’s life and poetry weave together ...

Star 99 is a San Jose band formed by Saoirse Alesandro, Jeremy Romero, Thomas Romero, and Chris Gough, all of who grew up ...

The Very Revd Dr Mark Oakley is the Dean of Southwark, and Canon Theologian of Wakefield Cathedral.

The author of ‘Kalkatta Chronicles’ and ‘Kolkata Classics’ gives insight into her debut foray into Hindustani poetry ...

Once, poetry was ink spilling spontaneously and consciously onto parchment, then wrapped in the folds of intimacy, passed ...

The preppy Princeton murder suspect accused of ripping out his little brother’s eyeball after beating and slashing him to death tried to kill himself inside his jail cell Thursday night, a law ...