Maya Angelou, considered one of the best poets in history, signs copies of "Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. Poetry is a ...

The author of a new book about William Shakespeare is claiming that the works of the famed playwright were actually written by a black, Jewish woman. The book, “The Real Shakespeare: Emilia Bassano ...

I am deeply drawn to poetry by women. This rich tradition juxtaposes the individual with the collective and elevates accessible language to craft the spoken-song that is poetry. So, imagine my delight ...

Kansas composer Ingrid Stölzel's new album, "Three Silent Things," features lyrics taken from a number of poets, some of them ...

Sibley fuses the two concepts in hopes her audience and fellow poets will not only listen, but also identify with her struggle. I spoke to Sibley about her inspiration for the poem and her journey as ...

M. Madeleva Wolff, C.S.C. (Photo courtesy of the Sister Madeleva Collection, Saint Mary's College Archive, Notre Dame, Ind.) Named Mary Evaline Wolff at her birth in 1887, she grew up in Cumberland, ...

Colleen J. McElroy, a nationally known poet and the first Black woman to serve as a full-time faculty member at the University of Washington, died of natural causes Dec. 12. She was 88. Rising to ...

In a restaurant in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, a woman in a white dress picks up a microphone as a keyboardist gently plays. “I wanted to silence these scars that reminded me how I was broken, ...

(The Conversation) — Valentine’s Day often revives attention on romantic themes in literature. Stories are cited in media with the aim of helping people navigate the demands of the human heart on a ...