In a very divisive, violent world, we could all use more peace, love and understanding, and Rock Island’s Rita Melissano is just the person to help provide them.

Throughout history, poetry, songs, posters, quilts, murals, and stories have not simply commented on struggle — they have moved people through it. They have helped people find one another when other ...

The new Director of Cognitive Advantage is tasked with winning the battle for influence, perception, and decision-making, “in an era where foes don’t need tanks or missiles to shape the world, they ...

Barbadian-born poet known as Empress Poetry has spent decades navigating life in the U.S. without legal status. Now she's ...

Vande Mataram has been an enduring symbol of India’s freedom and pride for 150 years. Celebrated across the nation, the song ...

Liu, Y. and Luo, Y. (2026) A Corpus-Based Study of Musicality in Zhu Shenghao’s Translation of Shakespeare’s Four Great Tragedies. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 14, 425-438. doi: ...

In her latest collection, the Vermont poet laureate muses on life, death and love, and the power of even mundane physical objects to sustain memories.

The story never reveals the nasty rumor about P., and this is just one of several bits of withheld information in the story. Disclosure, or its lack, both shapes the story and is the subject of this ...

Cartless ’25,” which was celebrated at a signing event at a Hemet shelter, has poems, art, photos and journal entries.

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of ...

Wellwater is a poetry collection which explores the intersection of cultural, economic and personal ideas of value, addressing aging, housing and environmental and economic crises. Celebrating ...

From Seamus Heaney’s collected poems and Simon Armitage’s animal spirits, to prizewinners Karen Solie and Vidyan Ravinthiran Many of 2025’s most notable collections have been powered by a spirit of ...