After the death of a parent, teenagers need healthy ways to cope, and scriptotherapy can help them process the new emotions they will feel.

Some people think there’s a surefire way to tell — the em dash. Writers, journalists and other grammar nerds — we’re sorry.

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

"Don't count your chickens before they hatch," "The early bird catches the worm" — these and other proverbs are poems ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

Explore daily insights on the USA TODAY crossword puzzle by Sally Hoelscher. Uncover expert takes and answers in our ...

For National Poetry Month, city of Charleston poet laureate AsiahMae is reading a poem every day via a video on Instagram.

Libraries, schools and cultural organizations around Massachusetts and the country celebrate April as National Poetry Month. In honor of that occasion, please enjoy the official state ...

Famed for decadent desserts and viral souffle pancakes, Champagne Poetry’s Hawthorne Boulevard location has been an ...

Peggy Shumaker, a stalwart supporter of Alaska writers and the larger arts community, is a professor emerita from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a former Alaska writer laureate. Author of nine ...

Two professors in the Creative Writing Program turned to the seventh-century style of verse during the pandemic to tackle the ...

Maya Angelou is the second poet in history to read a poem during a presidential inauguration; Robert Frost was the first ...