It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

Poetry Month is often the time we remember to teach and read poems with kids and help our children write poetry. But you can read and write poetry with kids all year long–not just during Poetry Month!

The formidable novelist and philosopher, who died in 1999, thought her poetry was mediocre. It’s not. By Dwight Garner When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an ...