On January 20, 2013, Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco presented his poem “One Today” to a shivering crowd waiting to see Barack Obama sworn in for a second term. Zooming his poetic lens in and out, ...

Will Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” usher in a new era of poetry appreciation? Delaney Atkins, a part-time instructor at Austin Peay State University who teaches a ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are your favorite ways to teach poetry? April is National Poetry Month. Poetry lessons can be great learning opportunities and big hits with students—whether they ...

Hanif Abduraqqib. Sarah Kay. Elizabeth Acevedo. Clint Smith. Do any of these names sound familiar? How about Amanda Gorman? All of these writers are part of America’s thriving contemporary poetry ...

Considering February is the month of love, what better time could there be to write a love letter or poem to a beloved? To be loved and nurtured is a universal need. Being loved creates feelings of ...

Gov. Phil Murphy’s signing of bill S588 directs the New Jersey Department of Education to introduce information literacy into the K-12 curriculum. While New Jersyans should take collective pride in ...

The National Book Foundation announced on Thursday the winner of the 2018 Innovations in Reading Prize, its annual social-impact-through-literature award. Each year the foundation honors one ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information College English is the professional journal for the college scholar-teacher. CE publishes articles about literature, ...

Ms. O’Rourke is the executive editor of The Yale Review and a professor of creative writing at Yale University. July 18, 2025 When I first told ChatGPT who I was, it sent a gushing reply: “Oh wow — it ...