During the first Trump era, the resistance engaged in soaring rhetoric about unity — then fell apart. Will this time be ...

The traditional epicenter of the city’s Black community has been upended in recent years by the arrival of thousands of ...

Poetry Out Loud allows high school students from across the country to participate in a dynamic poetry recitation competition ...

Sarwar is a writer, artist and community activist who shares Altadena poet laureate honors with writer Lester Graves Lennon.

The job of a poet laureate is to engage Illinoisans in poetry, with each poet laureate given a small stipend to enact that ...

Cauleen Smith’s camera tunes into the city’s idioms, inviting us to witness the granular, the unspectacular, to linger with ...

After more than 40 years at the Harbourfront Centre, the festival is moving elsewhere and striking out on its own as an independent organization as of April 1.

Born and raised in New Rochelle, New York, Lennon wrote his first poem at 7 and said he locked into poetry at the University of Wisconsin, where he met poet and writer Gwendolyn Brooks in 1970.

Choosing a name for your little girl is one of the most exciting and meaningful decisions you'll make as a parent. If you’re ...