Book Talk by the Sea

February may be the month of a certain romantic holiday, but it's also Library Lovers' Month! It's easy to get in the spirit of the...

Nikki Giovanni's work has been read, heard, and celebrated since she published Black Feeling Black Talk herself in 1968. With language...

Each February, we celebrate Black History Month to recognize historical moments and to celebrate the identities and achievements of Black...

As we delve into Black History Month, there are too many exceptional Black poets to even touch the tip of the iceberg in 28 days. Today,...

Perhaps you're sick of the snow poetry I've brought to Poem of the Week by now, and I promise it will abate for a bit! I can make no...

"Every day I choose to try to do good. Much of the garden is harvested and put away for the winter. I will not forget again that we can...

January 17th marked two years since Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver's death. There are days that stick with you, when a moment of...

"When she got back home to Cawber—if she ever got home—she would ask Ruth if she could have a blanket like this, instead of the puffy...

"It was then I started sewing the patchwork with the pieces of old clothes for her. I'd seen one in a shop in town and the little woman...

Winter and snow take on many moods both in our lives and in literary form. In this poem, Kenyon weaves the weather into a charged moment,...

Do you believe in parallel universes? In an infinite number of possibilities for the trajectory of your life? That's the question at the...

Meena Alexander was an Indian poet, raised in India and the Sudan, while later studying in England. Her books of poetry (both verse and...

It's a new year, which means a new year of reading! Some people like to take up challenges, hitting a certain book count or checking off...

The last Poem of the Week of 2020 comes courtesy of Maine poet Kate Barnes, as she embraces the notion of "out with the old and in with...

"There has always been singing in dark times—and wonder is needed now more than ever." - From The Lost Spells, Robert Macfarlane and...

Today's Poem of the Week comes from yet another Maine poet, Elizabeth W. Garber, who asks us to reexamine the sense of wonder we bring to...

Monday is the winter solstice, bringing the shortest day of the year (as beautifully rendered in word and ink in Susan Cooper's The...

What end of the snow spectrum do you fall on? Is it the bane of your existence–the shoveling, the cold, the messy boots and toddler...

"I have to sneak over here in the dark just to have a few words with you. Is that language, or is it noise?" She said, "It's noise that...

How many times this year have we heard or expressed a wish for 2020 to be over? It's been quite the year, and for many, there is a sense...