It’s one of those classic short poems about life that can change the way you think. Beautiful, also, are the souls of my people. One of America’s most famous poets, Langston Hughes was a key ...

Cohen’s poem, for example ... boatmen and shoemakers. “I, too, sing America,” Hughes wrote. “I am the darker brother. / They send me to eat in the kitchen / When company comes, / But ...

There’s a whole lot of false consciousness running around. How to battle against it?  It’s a matter of public health.  It’s as bad as the measles.  The Wobblies, or members of the IWW (Industrial ...

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain. Illus. by Beatriz Vidal. New York: Pied Piper, 1981. This rhythmic read-aloud tale tells how Ki-pat ingeniously brings rain to the arid Kapiti Plain. What's So Funny ...

Send your community news to us via [email protected] The Rame Peninsula Male Voice Choir has been singularly ...

Of course, not everyone had the same version of America that I did ... As a Baby Boomer, I’ve lost too many friends to AIDS, combat, suicide, addiction and violence. So, I know the course ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

In 'Cosmic Connections,' Charles Taylor focuses on how art, and poetry in particular, both expresses and responds to the ...