All eyes will be on the Patriots and Eagles today during the performance of the national anthem. Then what?

Gloria Carter's revelation comes in the form of a poem

Read the powerful introduction to the new Lambda Literary Fellows Anthology by the author of "We the Animals"

The poet's breathtaking fourth collection takes in the picnic of sex and love and death that time spreads in its wake.

From her inauguration poem to her pajama party with Oprah, Angelou brought wisdom and wit into American homes

In "The Reason for the Darkness of the Night," John Tresch links Poe and the forging of American science

In the age of search engines, perfect recall is no longer prized -- and we're taught to skim rather than remember

Real and imaginary events of interest to readers.

The AP changed its style after Clinton's campaign dropped her maiden name. Will it up her so-called "likability?"

This conservative freakout is a lot like the same-sex marriage panic of '04: A gambit to shore up the GOP in 2016

"Rube Goldberg Suicide Machine"

Jack Cashill is obsessed with the president's college poetry and positive it proves his life is "one massive fraud"

"I'm gutted," Gorman said after a Florida school removed poem she recited at Biden's graduation from library