From California's Joan Didion to Maine's Stephen King, here are the most famous authors from every state.

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This new book includes a short poem called “For Language and Brief ... but I never know what that means.” 100 Best Books of the 21st Century: As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers ...

In a world where we often have less agency than we'd like, poetry offers the freedom and control we crave, Heidi Mordhorst ...

"Thanks for a beautiful day: On a beautiful day, we may thank God and praise him for his many gifts. Father of Jesus, We ...

After his Edmonton Oilers lost the Stanley Cup final to the Florida Panthers, Zach Hyman was devastated. What sense did he ...

The Helen Borgers Theater has announced its 2024 Poetry Series, featuring a weekend of poetry events including street poets, ...

Lit Hum often requires students to read a book, sometimes a very long and dense one, in just a week or two. But the student ...

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The National Book Awards honors the best in five fiction and nonfiction categories. Here's who is at the top of the list this ...

Last year, Wendy Cope’s poem, "The Orange", went viral on TikTok. I’m not totally certain how a poem goes viral, but it did – ...

Open to students of all ages, the competition invited submissions of short poems, 10 lines or fewer. Juror Simon Shieh handpicked the winners, whose poems will brighten the daily commutes with ...