The American poet Violet Ranney Lang was born in 1924 and died in 1956, of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, at the age of thirty-two. Although last year marked the centenary of her birth, the occasion passed ...

Poetry season is just getting started across the state. Poetry Out Loud is a nationwide competition for high school students, administered by the local arts councils in California. Since 2016, the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Some people text, some e-mail, but there's almost nothing better than getting an actual letter in the mail, especially if it's a letter poem. "A letter poem is when you're addressing someone else," ...

After four decades, the annual book series is drawing to a close. Our columnist looks at what it all meant. By Elisa Gabbert I wonder if there has ever been more equivocation about the word “best” and ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – National Poetry Day, observed each year in October, serves as a reminder of poetry’s enduring power to stir emotions, spark imagination, and capture human experience in just a ...

Gayle King is an award-winning journalist and co-host of "CBS Mornings." King interviews top newsmakers and delivers original reporting to "CBS Mornings" and all CBS News broadcasts and platforms. She ...

When Aiden sees himself, he sees the birthmark on his face. He notices the way it travels down his forehead, curving toward his left eye. It almost disappeared after the bike accident. It hurt him ...

McConaughey got the inspiration for the poem listening to ZZ Top's "Just Got Paid" while on a road trip. Emlyn Travis is a news writer at Entertainment Weekly. She has been working at EW since 2022.

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Five years after penning his memoir, Matthew McConaughey is debuting a new book, 'Poetry & Prayers' Andrea Mandell is the Senior Editor ...

About midway through Kent Jones’ “Late Fame,” I heard the last thing I ever expected to hear at the New York Film Festival: the voice of Ezra Pound. The aged speaker is not identified, nor is the poem ...

The firm's high-profile U.K. co-head talks to Law.com about rapid growth, how money is not sufficient to retain top partners, the office's future hiring plans, and the challenge of leasing Twitter's ...