In June, I had the privilege of attending the 2025 CLiPPA Poetry Show at the National Theatre in London, run by the Centre of Literacy for Primary Education. It was a real eye-opener: just under 1,000 ...

Maya Angelou, an influential visual poet, and civil rights activist, remains a cornerstone in Black history. Her work ...

“I have a dream.” You have heard the line. But what you may not know is that the poetry of Langston Hughes influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s best-known speech, which he delivered during the 1963 ...

Tom Angleberger is the author of the popular Origami Yoda series and the Flytrap Files series, as well as several other books for kids. Here he reflects on his new book, Dino Poet: A Graphic Novel, ...

Matthew Burgess and Doug Salati met on a blind date. "We share the same agent," explains Burgess. "She said, 'You need to meet this client of mine.'" Over coffee in Brooklyn, they discovered that they ...

HORSHAM — The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) recently appointed Willeena Booker, first grade teacher at Hallowell Elementary School, to serve as a member of the Children’s Poetry ...