So, little friends, remember that you are the guardian of your mother tongue, preserve it, nurture it and keep it alive. It is your strength, your identity and your deepest connection to your roots.

Her latest poem, The Language of Us, was born from a period of deep reflection-when words felt difficult to find, yet love ...

Chef Ranveer Brar, speaking at the Ideas of India Summit 2025, shared his profound love for food and its deeper purpose.

Despite the contrasting moods and styles, the three pieces are all steeped in personal reflection. In the Bernstein symphony, ...

Harper — the “mother of African American journalism” — died at 85. Her legacy continues to point the way forward for the ...

The proliferation of "y'all" points to a global cultural shift toward more inclusive language and merging traditions.

When I was little, my mother always told me the story about how she met my father. They were at this cute little country bar ...

NPR's Pien Huang talks with Victoria Christopher Murray, author of Harlem Rhapsody, a novel that serves as a love letter to the heart of Black creativity and possibility in the 1920s.

Nestled in the heart of Rapid City, South Dakota, there’s a literary wonderland that’s about to become your new favorite ...

In this week’s poem, “two cents plain,” Anna Wrobel finds solace in of a glass of seltzer (for which the title is an old Brooklyn catch-phrase) and a wartime act of chance and humanity that resulted ...

Poems can promote understanding by taking us behind enemy lines. Threatening to boycott anyone's art or literature will only ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...