Wes Matthews, 17, has been named Philadelphia's youth poet laureate. He moved here from Detroit just a year ago.

Part science fiction, part medieval reinterpretation, “feeld” by trans poet Jos Charles can feel like a puzzle, making readers work for its meaning.

Vietnam vets gather in Center City to share contributions to a new anthology of poetry about the scars of war.

A Philadelphia judge has sentenced two brothers to life in prison without parole for fatally shooting a police officer in 2015. Two Cong ...

Just over a month ago, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice and the Legacy Museum opened in Montgomery, Alabama, dedicated to the victims of white supremacy in the Unit

Discover the interstellar potential of spoken word.

Young's new book, Brown, is colored by memories from his family and childhood, United States history, and black culture.

Guest: Raquel Salas Rivera  Philadelphia’s new Poet Laureate  ...

Philadelphia poet laureate, Raquel Salas Rivera, publishes book-length poetry cycle on Puerto Rican debt crisis.

Camden's king of haiku poetry - Nick Virgilio - now has a writers house named after him.

For National Poetry Month, Morning Edition host Jennifer Lynn asked listeners to write poems about their communities.

The Syrian-American poet and hip-hop artist Omar Offendum spent this week in Philadelphia and will perform at the International House this Sunday.

Guests: Tracy K. Smith, Jonathan Rieder, Michael Eric Dyson For today’s Martin Luther King Holiday, we’re goi ...

Raquel Salas Rivera, a gender-fluid, Puerto Rican writer, has been named Philadelphia's new city poet laureate.

Guests: Nikki Giovanni, Adam Valen Levinson We begin today’s show listening to Marty’s conversation with poet ...