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Since 1999, the Cave Canem Foundation, a nonprofit devoted to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of Black poets, has awarded an annual prize to a debut poetry collection.

Kourtney Kardashian honored her son Rocky’s second birthday with a rare birth-photo and lines from On the Night You Were Born, offering a rare intimate moment in the world of The Kardashians ...

Former Athens Poet Laureate Wendy McVicker and cellist Lara Wallace blend poetry and music in a live performance of "Alone in ...

Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” by Robert Hayden, reflects on what art can (and can’t) do in tumultuous times. Our critic A.O. Scott ...

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Ravn’s latest novel proposes that a deep, haunting unknowability is essential to us as human beings ...