Drawing on a childhood of abuse and segregation, writer and author Maya Angelou moved the nation. Works such as her 1978 poem, “And Still I Rise,” explored the effects of racism and sexism on ...

Poets.org: Welcome to the Guest Editor Q&A, hosted by the Academy of American Poets. I’m Mary Sutton, senior content editor at the Academy, and I’m here today with the Guest Editor for November, Laura ...

Hope you are all having a lovely fall. Please see below some poems that help embrace the season. “The Wild Swans at Coole” by ...

But now they drift on the still water, / Mysterious, beautiful; / Among what rushes will they build, / By what lake’s edge or ...

I firmly believe the political climate Americans are experiencing was brought on by Donald John Trump’s philosophy of saying ...

Powell taught poetry at the center ... Powell CHARLOTTE OBSERVER FILE PHOTO Her Q and A’s with Walker Percy, Maya Angelou, Eudora Welty and other famous authors appear in her 1994 “Parting ...

In Eleanor Rigby, the Beatles asked: "All the lonely people—where do they all come from?" The answer to that question is ...

On Oct. 25, the New York Public Library hosted their annual Halloween costume parade, and Rooftop Happy Hour: Halloween ...

His music was his poems.” Zephaniah made several albums ... Benjamin sharing the stage with legendary writer Maya Angelou (Pic: Qian Zephaniah) The song led to an introduction between the ...

Dallas Fire-Rescue crews responded to the site of the former Maya Angelou High School, at 3313 South Beckley Ave., at about 4:24 a.m. after a passerby reported seeing flames coming from the roof ...