Poetry can literally give you chills. A Free Press intern explains why — and how to start reading it without fear.

Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the U.S., read selected works at a Thursday event hosted by the Women’s Community Center ...

April is so many things, it’s hard to know where to begin to describe it. Weather-wise it’s a changeable month, and folks who rush out to plant things on the ...

I notice that I need stories more than ever before. I am reading far more books, watching far more films, far more TV. It’s ...

In a few days, we will enter the golden gates of National Poetry Month. “There’s no money in poetry,” quoth poet laureate ...

It’s 1979 and he’s 20 years old, alone in his cluttered Mercedes, singing a new song to himself — “I Can’t Help It,” the ...

The cover of MPR newscaster and host Emily Bright's newest poetry book, "This Ground Beneath Our Feet." Cover art by Evan ...

A local organization fostering reading comprehension and creative writing in Miami-Dade County schools recently took a group ...

Residents in the Rock River region can pick up free tree saplings this April as part of an environmental restoration effort, ...

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Share these moving Mother's Day poems to express just how much Mom means to you ...