NEW HAVEN — A local educator’s poem about a woman whose unique cells changed the history of medicine without her ever knowing about it, was read by him at the kickoff of an international, yearlong ...

Earlier this week, we shared the remarkable story of Abby Beckley — and her run-in with eye worms. When this young woman felt something crawling around in her eyes, she had the presence to remove said ...

Salinas >> Kenya Burton of Salinas placed second for her poem “The Way I Was Made” during the NEA Big Read Kickoff: Poetry Slam at the National Steinbeck Center in September. Sure, nobody tends to ...

Reporting from North Chesterfield, Va. — Along a wooded road, where a school bus had finished its morning run and the mailman was hours away, Kim Drew Wright sat at a dining room table cluttered with ...

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Last night I went out with my friend Patricia and we talked, as women do, over sushi and white wine. It’s an important ritual. We treasure the chance to sit and exchange our stories and have our say, ...

Poet Ariana Brown was doing a show in Tucson, Arizona when a fellow performer broke out in a rash. Having grown up in the Southwest — San Antonio, to be exact — Brown is familiar with the local plant ...

Amanda Gorman mesmerized the nation with her inauguration poem, "The Hill We Climb." The beauty of her presence and the power of her words captured a country battle-scarred and looking for a lifeline.

Beth Calik, a recent transplant to Petersburg, Virginia, has discovered her passion for poetry. Calik's poem "The Shadows of the Lost Souls" reflects on the city's past struggles and hopes for ...

Earlier this week, we shared the remarkable story of Abby Beckley — and her run-in with eye worms. When this young woman felt something crawling around in her eyes, she had the presence to remove said ...