A spoken word event has been praised for offering a "safe space to be seen and heard" by a poet. The monthly open mic poetry ...

UNESCO named March 21 World Poetry Day. Since then, it has been celebrated every year and recognized by those who value poetry in their lives or acknowledge its importance in the history of the world.

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

Shriver recalls the ensuing “self-pity party” that included “a litany of trips to various therapists, healers, shamans, and ...

Artist Loryn Brantz aims to help parents feel seen through the moments of frustration, laughter and love that come with ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Maria Shriver is reflecting on a difficult chapter in her life. In her upcoming book, 'I Am Maria', ...

I remember just being astonished by the representations of the gods. The omnipresence of the gods in the world of the Iliad, ...

PEOPLE shares an intimate first look at Maria Shriver's new book, 'I Am Maria,' revealing her feelings as she navigated ...

A Ghanaian-born poet; a chronicler of the Cuban refugee experience; and an experimental artist "writing between genres" are this year's winners.

We already know how 'Sunrise on the Reaping' ends, but that doesn’t erase the 'Hunger Games' prequel's power. Here's what ...

There is magic in words, especially when performed live and Amandeep Singh, a former software engineer turned spoken word ...

She is known for intensely emotional poems—we’re going way beyond funny roses-are-red poems here. Take, for instance, “Tears,” which memorializes the deaths of two of her brothers in ...