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When I was diagnosed with stage 1A cervical cancer, I realized that life is short and I want to spend my time being the best version of myself. To be able to enjoy my life as a cancer survivor…more ...

Farai Chideya talks with Marilyn Nelson, poet laureate of Connecticut and author an emotional narrative poem on the death of Emmett Till. Nelson... 'Emmett Till': A Poem of Sorrow, and Hope 'Emmett ...

The past year has been heavy and affected us in both small and big ways. Now, millions of Americans have been vaccinated, businesses are reopening and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The poet Rumi wrote, "Let the beauty we love be what we do." With a new school year underway, many teachers are drawn to their classrooms by just that sense of love. We're thinking about it at Morning ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - On the final day of 2013, the Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor features a poem from poet Jack Ridl, former professor of English at Hope College. The poem, titled "The End of ...

NPR poet-in-residence Kwame Alexander's latest community poem started with a request to consider what follows after the words "I dream a world." 'This Is Our Dream': A Crowdsourced Poem To Inspire ...

Explaining Emmett Till's murder to children in 1955 wasn't easy. Even today, it's still hard to find the right words when teaching young people about Till's brutal death. In 1955, 14-year-old Till was ...

The past year has been heavy and affected us in both small and big ways. Now, millions of Americans have been vaccinated, businesses are reopening and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Poetry can help us become more human. We saw it on display as 22-year-old inaugural poet Amanda Gorman read her stirring poem "The Hill We Climb" last week. It felt joyous and truthful, necessary and ...