It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

Bestseller Leav (Others Were Emeralds) draws on her previously published poems, novels, and Threads posts for this inspirational if sometimes overly sentimental collection of quotes. Leav’s literary ...

You've heard of the beloved "’Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem—maybe some reinterpretations and parodies of it too. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic holiday verses? As ...