You Don’t Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves, edited by Diana Whitney, Workman Publishing, 176 pages. $14.95 Credit: Courtesy For Brattleboro poet Diana Whitney, the poetry ...

Under the harsh gymnasium spotlight in a high school somewhere outside of Phoenix, I introduced myself to the confirmation retreatants. I opened with a joke about how I'm sure they had other ways they ...

When Vermont-based poet and editor Diana Whitney envisioned a poetry anthology for girls and young people, she wanted to gather the voices she longed for when she was a teenager. “Strong voices, ...

If you ask Reed Bobroff what poetry means to him, you’d get a pretty unique answer: freedom. “Poetry to me means freedom,” he said. “Freedom of expression. Poetry has no rules on grammar, form or ...

Even grown women sometimes need reminders meant for teenage girls. Melissa Newman-Evans, an actress and poetry slam performer, performed a poem entitled 9 Things I Would Like to Tell to Every Teenage ...

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Four girls from Vermont are using their voices and powerful performance poetry to get their message out about being Muslim in America, stereotypes, and other issues near ...

Page nine of Tania Russell’s poetry book “be gentle with Black girls” has the definition of the word “fast”: a girl who is perceived to be engaged in any sexual activities or behaviors. She puts that ...

A literary scene that’s equal parts sincere and wry — starting with the name itself. By Savannah Sobrevilla Several creative circles merged in the Red Room at KGB Bar in the East Village of Manhattan ...