Naomi Shihab Nye set the tone for her seventh visit to Santa Barbara with a quote by Rumi: “In this earth, in this soil, in ...

Naomi Shihab Nye was born to an American mother and a Palestinian father. At the age of 14, her family moved to Jerusalem. Upon returning to the U.S., she earned a BA from Trinity University in 1974.

Poets have long been drawn to ballet, and not surprisingly, they write about their favorite dancers and ballet companies.

Tell me that you do not think of me, that you have forgotten the wild proscenium of cloud, how bodies affix and then elide, the sky’s stenography. I only ask for you to tell me you have not ...

Some poems evoke the drama of famous paintings or the frozen beauty of Grecian urns. This one dwells on a more private image, a family snapshot, and on the elusive emotions and memories that live ...

If I felt slightly silly coming to this ancient tourist trap every year, I was comforted that arguably the world’s coolest tourist, the exiled Russian, Nobel Prize-winning poet Joseph Brodsky ...

Stephen Vogt and his young club have one famous brainiac who believes in them — Bill Nye. The Science Guy appeared on MLB Network's "Hot Stove" on Wednesday, and he was asked by host Matt ...

Eminent Sindhi poet Allah Bux aka Dr Akash Ansari died on Saturday. He was 69. Police have opened a probe to dig out the facts behind his death apparently caused by a fire in his room. The poet ...

The teenage daughter of a popular TV star has claimed she’s been “fully cut off” by her famous mom over her X-rated career. Mia Winward-Dunn, the only child of British actress Sammy Winward ...