Hanif Abduraqqib. Sarah Kay. Elizabeth Acevedo. Clint Smith. Do any of these names sound familiar? How about Amanda Gorman? All of these writers are part of America’s thriving contemporary poetry ...

For Nariel Garcia-Estrada, who is from Cuba and is still learning English, reading a poem called “Furry, Furry, Squirrel” at ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Elizabeth Mendez, a fourth grader at George Washington Carver Dual Language School, wrote a poem about being a bilingual student for Hispanic Heritage Month. In the poem, Mendez ...

IMTIAZ DHARKER:Sometimes you hear a phrase again and again and it makes a kind of a rhythm that sticks in your head. That's what happened to me when I heard the same phrase on television and in news ...