Poetry for Children

If you’re spending time with family this weekend, Eloise Greenfield’s new poetry collection, Brothers and Sisters: Family Poems (Amistad/Ha...

It was amazing to me to learn that Langston Hughes was 18 when he composed the poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” the text for this new poe...

Close your eyes and imagine yourself in a darkened theater. All is quiet as the audience waits for the current to rise. As it does, a spotli...