Celebrate Ugadi 2026 with 130+ heartfelt wishes, quotes, and messages for family, friends, and colleagues. Welcome the Parabhava Nama Samvatsara with joy, positivity, and festive traditions like Ugadi ...

Gudi Padwa, the Marathi and Konkani New Year, is celebrated on Thursday, March 19, 2026, marking the start of the Parabhava Nama Samvatsara. Families welcome the festival by hoisting Gudi flags, ...

I completely love that after all these years of talking, our books are coming out in the same month. And the last word in ...

Joshua Bennett’s two new collections, “We” and “The People Can Fly,” take different paths to the same destination.

I’ve been in Baltimore long enough that I can’t remember when I first met Elizabeth Hazen. I will assume it was hearing her read at the former Minas Gallery, which hosted magical events over the years ...

For decades, Joy Harjo has challenged what it means to be a poet. The multifaceted author, musician and playwright was the first Indigenous person to serve as U.S. poet laureate. Harjo will read from ...

The Cherry Hill-bred and Los Angeles-based writer is set to release her debut poetry collection, Soft Beasts, next year. The book explores Cook’s upbringing in South Jersey, her ...

Odysseas Elytis, the Nobel Prize-winning poet, is regarded as one of Greece’s major poets and an eminent exponent of romantic modernism.

Yadaa.at Kalé senior Cassie Lumba says performing her favorite poems has taught her what it means to open up, and how powerful words can be.

At the end of the Gilded Age, Edwin Markham’s poem “The Man with the Hoe” became an ideological litmus test, polarizing the ...

Daniel Okrent’s new biography, 'Art Isn’t Easy,' pulls back the curtain on Stephen Sondheim’s complicated life, including his ...

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