In castigating lawyers for President Donald Trump last week for filing a “florid” and unfocused 85-page defamation complaint ...

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National Poetry Day, observed each year in October, serves as a reminder of poetry’s enduring power to stir emotions, spark imagination, and capture human experience in just a few carefully chosen ...

Popstar Charli XCX is turning her hand to acting in the new film Erupcja. In it, she recites Lord Byron’s poem Darkness. Charli and Byron may be 200 years apart, but the legacies of Romantic poetry ...

Our writer interviews Purdue professor Donald Platt on his new book-length poem Tender Voyeur, which explores Platt’s complex journey of embracing his bisexuality.

In this glued-to-your-phone era of technological isolation from our fellow human beings, one creative person is turning to ...

During her three years as the 24th poet laureate, Ada Limón said her travels around the United States taught her just how many poets the country has. Limón said people would approach her during ...

In a new series USA TODAY’s The Essentials, celebrities share what fuels their lives, whether it's at home, on the set or on ...