It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the lauded poet said of her new book.

The standout essays in Megan Marshall’s “After Lives” recall her troubled father and the fate of a high school classmate.

The beloved weekly magazine encompassing journalism, fiction, poetry and cartoons, is celebrating its centenary. New Yorker ...

Few individuals have left an impact as great as Maya Angelou across so many sectors. Best known for her autobiographical ...

Elizabeth Willis, since arriving on the University of Iowa campus a decade ago, has come to epitomize the iconic and esteemed ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

In her poem "The Mirror," Sylvia Plath portrays the complexity of the struggle of the imposter, the struggle to be oneself.

As part of Xpress' annual Wellness Issues, we asked six local poets to share their thoughts on the benefits of slowing down and being present in the moment.

Anpotowin Jensen will launch "Hero Dreams Shine" this spring. The book is a collection of 45 poems focusing on themes of Indigneous rescilience and self-empowerment with science woven throughout.

Come See Me in the Good Light,” a documentary about Boulder County poet Andrea Gibson grappling with an incurable cancer diagnosis, wins over Sundance audiences’ hearts.

The International Armenian Literary Alliance, the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research and the Krikor and ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...