Limón wonders, could the same poem delight in just being? In the long titular poem "The Hurting Kind," she writes: "I have always been too sensitive, a weeper / from a long line of weepers. I am ...

These poems were written long before Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, was shot dead by police in the St. Louis suburb, but they attest deeply to the view from inside of the kind of everyday ...

An inspiring poem written by a schoolgirl about the importance of being kind has sparked a huge response. Holly Yates, 10, felt confused after learning about the tragic death of presenter Caroline ...

OCEAN VUONG: And — but when she came to my readings, she started to see how my language landed in other people's bodies. And after a while, she started to position her seat to look at the audience.