Listen. SIMON: Now that poem is a children's book. COOPER: It's a family celebration of the light coming back after the dark threatens to take over the world. SIMON: We've been asking authors and ...

Jeet Thayil, a multifaceted poet, novelist, discusses his latest collection of poetry, 'I'll Have It Here', and shares ...

Back after a 16-year-long gap, poet extraordinaire Jeet Thayil’s new collection of poems mirrors the times we live in ...

The National University of Singapore celebrated World Hindi Day with the unveiling of books showcasing Hindi literature and cultural contributions.

For NPR's series "Picture This," illustrator Carson Ellis talks about working with author Susan Cooper to make Cooper's poem "Shortest Day" into a children's book ...

As Louisiana Poet Laureate, Alison Pelegrin, writer in residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, is Louisiana’s acting ...

He could recite poetry all day long, and interpreted my silence when ... I ask him about his Psalm book. Does he still have it? A pocket book of Psalms was given to him by his wife, Avital ...

The acclaimed poet talks inspiration, taking poetry to the people, and touring with singer-songwriter Aimee Mann ahead of his ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction ... the theme of incomprehension between generations in that book.” By day, he helped run an autism center he opened in a suburb ...

For more than half a century — he published his first book ... That one poem may be enough to make you feel better about the world and your place in it, or — to borrow a line from Kooser ...

Today is the shortest day of the year, also known as the winter solstice. The solstice marks the start of winter in astronomical terms, where the start of seasons is determined by the tilt of the ...

In grade school at Sequiota Elementary, “I had a reputation for writing book reports that were ... is seeing how each author finds poetry in the world around them. I was a creative writing ...