We had many opportunities to hone these skills, as we were often called upon to recite poetry or give presentations both at home ... Volunteers from Buffalo poured into Erie County on Saturday to ...

Young poets of Kashmir, mostly in their twenties, remain largely unknown. Some are aware of the risks of antagonising ...

The Shadow: Poems for the Children of Gaza (Malta: Horizons, October 2024) is a collection of 42 original poems (21 by Ahmed Miqdad, 21 by John P. Portelli) which depict the state of being of the two ...

This week's Jefferson Award winner is a Berkeley woman who has promoted child literacy for four decades, as host of a ...

After: Poetry Destroys Silence” is a documentary that argues that poets are as crucial to processing unthinkable tragedy as historians. The film’s look and sound are lyrical, providing an apt setting ...

Mosab Abu Toha fled Gaza after being detained by the Israeli military, but many in his family were unable to escape.

He writes: “The prata knows Malay,/The mantou mumbles Mandarin...You’ll hear the bread talk, but/The Kopi tiam.” In the ...

“Initially, children were encouraged to sing a song, recite poetry and offer some other kind of entertainment, but over time ...

It’s been 86 years since kids in Des Moines, Iowa, went trick-or-treating on Halloween. Thanks to a severe weather forecast, ...

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Its roots can be traced back centuries but modern mayhem helped shape the celebration. It may seem like a simple question but ...

Remembering Dr. Tchaka Muhammed, a community advocate and cultural historian, who passed away at 82. His legacy lives on in the community.