Willa Perry-Spears stands with their honorable mention medal at the 2023 Minnesota Poetry Out Loud state competition Friday at Mankato State University. DULUTH — Willa Perry-Spears hadn't thought much ...

We're only two months into 2021, but suffice to say it's already been a year of firsts—and that now includes a poetry recital at a major football game. Amanda Gorman became the first poet to ever ...

Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that Bryonn Bain is the director of the Prison Education Program. In fact, he is a founder of the program, but no longer serves as ...

Last month, as the world watched the Winter Olympics in South Korea, another nail-biter was unfolding across the United States, in classrooms throughout Illinois, and in the same rural hamlets and ...

Katie Lineburg with Oregon runner-up Brooklyn Carr Heuer and First Lady Aimee Kotek Wilson, who attended the Poetry Out Loud State Contest on March 9 at Salem Public Library. Photo courtesy of Oregon ...

The gusher of empathy, wisdom and poetry that is Anis Mojgani stood alone at a microphone Friday night. When he spoke, he often evoked rapture, like Fred Astaire dancing, like Nadia Comaneci soaring, ...

Rachel Alexander Cambre, Ph.D., is a visiting fellow with the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies and the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. In his rousing keynote ...

Abigail Etterson, a junior at Harbor City International School, was named Minnesota state champion at the final Poetry Out Loud competition at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis on March 10. As ...

Literary figure Bhushita Vasistha captivated audiences on Friday and Saturday evenings with a poetry recital at Nepalaya's "r" Sala in Kalikasthan, blending classical and contemporary works in a ...