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 ...

“How important it is for us to recognise and celebrate our heroes and she-roes,” US poet Maya Angelou is credited with saying. "We live in direct relation to the heroes and sheroes we have. The men ...

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 ...

“Nature’s first green is gold, / Her hardest hue to hold. / Her early leaf’s a flower; / But only so an hour. / Then leaf ...

Send these beautiful relationship quotes and cute romantic messages about love to your significant other to let them know you ...

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

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

The price we pay for loneliness is high. We need to change the conversation and foster meaningful connections.

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 ...