Missouri Poet Laureate David Harrison shares how to fill your own sack of ideas and describes what he keeps in his.

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That Atuhairwe Agrace Mugizi’s short poetry collection Curera has healing properties, we are sure. It also holds up a broken ...

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Poet Amanda Gorman joins Kristen Welker for a Meet the Moment conversation to talk about book bans and her presidential ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...

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The beloved weekly magazine encompassing journalism, fiction, poetry and cartoons, is celebrating its centenary. New Yorker ...