I grew up poor, that is, American poor. I fantasized about food at night–mashed potatoes, buttery dinner rolls, raspberry cheesecake. I would wake up and imagine a breakfast — strawberry ...

Overlooked diaries written by teenage boys in pre-war Soviet Russia reveal relatable perspectives on love, lust, boredom, pressure to succeed and trying to fit in; but also experience of famine, exile ...

Chip Williford, the director and co-host of the Riverhead-based Poetry Street, has been named Suffolk County Poet Laureate — the first African American ever named to the post in Suffolk.

Andrea had a unique ability to offer their readers and listeners a way of living, to show us how much we need tenderness, and ...

Activities such as painting, making handicrafts and playing music offer stress relief and stimulate your mind in ways that ...

David Gate has a popular following online, but his best poems suggest he’s not entirely comfortable as an influencer.

Writing poems following my lymphoma diagnosis gave me hope and purpose as I endured chemo, helping me heal and share my ...

As if it were a jump shot from their basketball-obsessed childhood, “soaring towards the rim like a kite,” Andrea Gibson ...

A video reading of the poem, titled "Love Letter From the Afterlife" went viral after Gibson's passing was announced -- with ...

I am more with you than I ever could have imagined,” Gibson says in the poem, written while facing a terminal illness.

One advantage I have always held in the literary arts is speed. I am a fast reader and an even faster scanner. I can draft ...

Readers and fans of Andrea Gibson’s work offered an outpouring of love, grief and touching tributes Monday about how the poet ...