Moments like those bring me home, not to a place, but to a feeling. Reminding me that I am made up of more than where I live ...

I have seen, loved, and understood more than others. This alone grants me some measure of solace in the midst of ...

At the Clark on Saturday, May 3, Compagnia de’ Colombari will screen seven short films, as part of the nationwide "Whitman on ...

Walt Whitman (1819-1892), nicknamed the “Bard ... He was, and is still today, perhaps best known for his 1855 volume of poetry titled “Leaves of Grass.” He saw democracy in evolutionary ...

WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn and Susan Phillips explore the beauty of nature through poetry, featuring iconic poets like Amanda Gorman, Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg.

When we look at photographs of authors, especially famous authors, we scan their faces, hoping to find some connection between the way they look and their work. We never find it, or at least I ...

OLD WESTBURY, NY — Jesse Curran, a Northport native, was named Long Island Poet of the Year, the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association, Inc. announced. The Long Island roots of Walt Whitman, long ...

Gwendolyn Brooks grew up in a South Side house full of books and was a poet from an early age, eventually becoming the first ...