She lets out a sigh and has a good cry, I tell her to release her feelings one at a time,” Cecelia, 30, wrote in a poem that ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Family members can be lifesavers when it comes to organ donation. It can be a tough conversation to have. Imagine talking to ...

An old, old, old, old, old (key word is old here), old flame of mine from my freshman year of high school recently sent me this poem: ...

Valentine’s Day is more than romance; it celebrates love in all forms. Its history blends ancient and Christian traditions, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As I prepare to share some of Washington’s amazing African American History for Black History Month, I want to also share the legacy of my family’s academic ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get in the way of meaning.

Thirteen-year-old writer Ariana Shaprow is displaying her poem “The Way It Should Be” at the Mosaic Children’s Museum in Woodland, California, celebrating the accomplishments of ...

Junie' author Erin Crosby Eckstine wrote her new book to preserve her family's stories. Here's how it came to life during the ...

Lisken Van Pelt Dus sees things we probably never saw in quite the same way, and even as we may recognize these things in our ...

A clock, a seashell, a half-empty cup of water. Beside them on my daughter Nora’s nightstand, the picture book I’ve finally ...

At the Angel Island Immigration Station in California, some Asian-Americans are learning their family’s painful history for ...