Congratulations to Lakewood High School junior Mel Diemert on being chosen as a runner-up in the New York Times' Coming of Age in 2024 Contest! Students were asked to submit a piece of writing or art ...

Jean Toomer was a profound literary voice of the Harlem Renaissance and one of the most enigmatic poets of his time. Born in ...

How might pareidolia — seeing faces in nature or hearing distinct sounds emerge from ambient noise — benefit our creativity, ...

The opera “Primero Sueño” translates Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s poem about the soul’s journey into a musical promenade ...

Olivia Gatwood, author of "Whoever You Are, Honey," "Life of the Party" and "New American Best Friend" discusses the themes ...

Have you ever stood in front of a microphone, heart racing, palms sweating, mind focused, facing a panel of judges? That’s ...

As we step into 2025, the literary world is a buzz with a slew of new voices and well-established authors continuing to ...

Imani Perry finds room to improvise, to think on the page in what feels like real time. Her work walks a line between ...

The Erie Art Museum has an exhibition by a printmaker known for art about war, poverty and grief. The museum is also taking submissions for its Spring Show.

Given the dismal state of things, a lot of millennials have been realising just how good they had it growing up. The web ...

The book is a ballad of appreciation for the lake and all of the many ways that its relationship to our state is symbiotic.

Of all the poems that I read and “studied” in school, a simple one by Robert Frost has grown on me through the years. Frost’s ...