This Is Who I Am: An Exclusive Guest Post from Kwame Alexander, Author of Why Fathers Cry at Night
Kwame Alexander delivers us a powerful and intimate memoir-in-verse. Emily Dickenson once said, “Tell all the Truth but tell it…
Poetry
Quick Reads to Help You Hit Your Reading Goals
Look, we’ve all been there. You started out the New Year on a high note. You told yourself you were…
Our Amanda Gorman Inspired Poetry Reading List
Amanda Gorman has been a light — a continuing source of inspiration and hope for a weary nation. As the…
25 Must-Reads for National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry month, so we’ve got verses and rhymes and metaphors on the brain. Poetry is wonderfully expressive,…
5 Reasons Rupi Kaur Is the Poet of Our Times
Poetry doesn’t often make headlines—much less the bestseller lists. Which makes Rupi Kaur all the more remarkable, even before you’ve…
5 Modern Day Poets Who Will Legit Get You Excited About Poetry
Poetry—real poetry, the sort that speaks to the human condition and moves you to tears, to applause, to sudden epiphanies…
5 Poetry Collections to Gift to Your Valentine
Valentine’s: the time of year when we’re all expected to stop being the practical, cold-hearted Vulcans we are and start…
Everything You Wanted To Know About Learning to Love Poetry (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Have you ever wanted to give poetry a try but were wary of entering such a highbrow domain? If so,…