Test your knowledge of iconic American authors and their literary masterpieces. Challenge yourself with quiz questions and ...

Despite July’s persistent heat and humidity, poetry enthusiasts gathered under the shade of a few linden trees on the ...

Why “America” Became Famous: The poem’s fame lies in its exploration of the contradictions of the American experience. McKay uses the sonnet form to express his love for America, even as he ...

The poet Robert Hayden grew up in Paradise Valley and wrote one of the most famous American poems of the 20th century: “Those Winter Sundays.” It is a poem, a sonnet in fact, that captures in ...

American authors have shaped literature from Toni Morrison’s fiction to Emily Dickinson’s poetry. Discover acclaimed American writers and great American novelists in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, ...

The words of these famous Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America Black poets you need to know There are so many types of poetry in the ...

Troy New York is the home of Uncle Sam, an iconic character in American history. The Collar City also helped launch one of the best-known Christmas poems in history, which is celebrating a big ...

Performers, politicians, preachers and more join Elisa New to celebrate American poems. Performers, public figures and everyday Americans join host Elisa New to read and discuss unforgettable ...

In her first book of poems, “Helen of Troy, 1993,” Maria Zoccola has beautifully and resourcefully reimagined this mythic material and relocated it to Sparta, Tenn., which is a real town ...