NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Himmelman about his new collection of illustrated poems for children, "The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds." ...

Mackenzie Angeconeb, an Anishinaabekwe author from Lac Seul First Nation, and based in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, makes her ...

For generations, society has dictated who women should be and how they should behave. But when women conform too much to these expectations, the same society steps in to correct them.

Happy International Women’s Day 2025! The day, which takes place today (March 8) in 2025, is devoted to celebrating women, ...

After being a nurse for 12 years, Kacie Gikonyo became a death doula who works with terminally ill people and their loved ones to prepare for a client's death. She talks with PEOPLE about the ...

All literature is regional; or conversely, no literature is regional”—is a common sentiment to have today, but I had first read those lines from Joyce Carol Oates, in her preface to a book of stories ...

He filled notebooks with poems and lyrics as a young man and liked a lot of different music — R&B ... Rolling Stone, ...

“Them” is a relentlessly raw and horrific masterpiece that was released on Amazon Prime Video earlier this month, on April 9. From its examination of racism, redlining and violence against black ...

Our workplaces—and the work we do—are becoming increasingly globalized and multicultural. Working and interacting with people from different cultural backgrounds has become an everyday ...

She wanted them to share the terrors experienced by a young Irish cop named Julia Harte when she and her partner assume they are responding to a routine noise complaint in a residential area.

Poet Balachandran Chullikkad reiterated his plea to exclude his poems from the school and college syllabus to prevent them from being imposed on students who were disinterested in reading them.

The library, Lawson noted, provided the setting for his first local open-mic session for reading poems from the book ... families with children and helps them achieve sustainable independence ...