Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, SC, honored the life of Black poet Phillis Wheatley on Jan. 30 with a commemorative USPS stamp and a day in her honor.

Grammy-considered poet and Pharr Poet Laureate Amanda Puryear El returns with Nightly Dosage, a deeply personal spoken-word ...

Early Christian writers condemned pagan sacrifices while debating among themselves the meaning of the death of Jesus.

The pundit’s contrarianism has swerved into openly racist and antisemitic tropes. What does his rise mean for the future of ...

Billy Bragg, who just wrote and released the song “City of Heroes,” talks with the Monitor about the impact of protest songs.

The Bible is a perennial bestseller, purportedly the top selling book of all time. It can be many things to many people because of its extraordinarily rich and diverse content which includes poetry, ...

\xa0By Henry Atta NYAMEIn basic school, there was a poem I remember very well because it taught deep lessons about human life ...

From poetry-filled love letters to a stormy wedding day at Radagast Hall, Samantha Thornhill and Jack Rupple’s Brooklyn ...

As we prepare for our new national holiday, let's learn more about this amazing woman - a Christian Saint and a Pagan Goddess ...

St Brigid’s Day, often referred to by its pre-Christian name Imbolc, is celebrated on the 1st of February and heralds the ...

As the days begin to get longer, thousands gather across Ireland and Scotland to celebrate the return of the light after a ...

When it comes to the greatest classic rock debut albums of all time, it is relatively subjective—though some works do stick ...