(CNN) — There was a time, not too long ago, when many people could only name one, maybe two, poets — often a long-dead White man named William Shakespeare, Robert Frost or Walt Whitman. Meanwhile, the ...

From Hollywood movies to children’s books, there has probably never been more discussion of how people of color are represented in American culture than there is right now. Efforts like #OscarsSoWhite ...

Today’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Scot Young, who grew up in Raytown, Missouri before settling in Ozark County. He has been writing since his junior and high school days. Scot says he ...

Tracy K. Smith, former U.S. poet laureate, poses for a portrait at the Hatch Shell in Boston on Aug. 17, 2021. For nearly three decades, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith has used her craft ...

There was a time, not too long ago, when many people could only name one, maybe two, poets — often a long-dead White man named William Shakespeare, Robert Frost or Walt Whitman. Meanwhile, the Lincoln ...