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For the last ‘Poem of the Week’ feature for 2020, I decided to pick a poem from one of my new favorite poets I happened to stumble upon...

Title: Ballistics Author: Billy Collins Themes: Love, Death, Solitude, Youth, Aging, Sense of Place Three Words to Describe the Poems:...

This week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of a Yale Younger Poets Prize winner, pulled from his recently released second collection...

Title: Guillotine Author: Eduardo C. Corral Themes: Immigration, Self-Identity, Violence, Queerness, Love, Nationalism, Racism Three...

Title: The Wendys Author: Allison Benis White Themes: Sorrow & Loss, Violence, Loneliness, Partnership, Self-Identity Three Words to...

Put on your detective hat because our second do at home murder mystery is now available online. Do you have what it takes to solve it?...

For this week’s poem of the week, I chose a poem from a collection released this year by an up-and-coming poet by the name of Hafizah...

Short review: In What Were We Thinking: A Brief Intellectual History of the Trump Era, Carlos Lozada, the nonfiction book critic for the...

In honor of the 79th anniversary of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, this week’s ‘Poem of the Week’ comes courtesy of a man who...

In case you lost your directions or missed out on a kit, we have you covered. In this series, we will be showcasing past projects, in...