Poems can evoke laughter, tears, and thoughtful reflection. Recent research has shown their therapeutic effects: how they can reduce stress, relieve grief, and increase well-being.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently declared autism a national “epidemic,” calling it a “preventable disease” that is growing at an “alarming rate.” He went on ...

An autistic English professor who studies literature and neurodiversity says, "I was especially unnerved by Kennedy’s ...

Steven Leyva was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Houston, Texas. His first poetry collection, “The Understudy’s ...

Tom Angleberger is the author of the popular Origami Yoda series and the Flytrap Files series, as well as several other books ...

When Ada Limón became the U.S. Poet Laureate in 2022, she took that moment she used that moment to reflect on poetry's power ...

This is the KUOW Book Club, and we've been reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" in partnership with Seattle ...

The Adirondack Center for Writing (ACW) has announced the release of the third "Wild Words: Adirondack Teen Writing Anthology ...

Confounded by a confusing expression or dream from a patient, I might seemingly shift gears and ask myself, 'What if this ...

"We want to show our readers abroad how much more Ukrainian literature has to offer": Interview with Ukrainian poet Iryna ...

One summer. 46 peaks. A second chance to make things right.” Kate Messner’s novel-in-verse “The Trouble with Heroes” is about a boy, a dog, and the healing power of nature. The boy, Finn Connelly, is ...

An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.