poetry

This Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day. Matthew Viriyapah has some recommendations on books by Oklahomans you can pick up at your favorite local bookstore.

Joy Harjo, the first Native American Poet Laureate in the U.S., is releasing two illustrative books this month, centered around two universal milestones: coming of age and loss.

Looking to read something new in the new year? KOSU’s Matthew Viriyapah has a handful of recommendations for new books from and about Oklahomans.

The first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court says Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Ladder of Saint Augustine," has been a guiding principle. Jackson's new memoir is Lovely One.

National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman delivered a poem to rouse the audience in celebration of Vice President Harris.

From sparking the imagination to helping with mental health, listen to poems read by NPR readers and see how poetry has affected their lives.

The Letters of Emily Dickinson collects 1,304 letters, starting with one she wrote at age 11. Her singular voice comes into its own in the letters of the 1860s, which often blur into poems.

Is there a poem that's stuck with you over the years? Tell NPR what it means to you.

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded two grants totaling more than $5.7 million to support the organization's Poet Laureates as well as a national alliance of organizations promoting poetry.

This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features a conversation on revitalization plans for the Greenwood District, a report on the development of the HBCU Chess Classic and the story of makeup artist Dillon Peña.