Click the arrow on the audio player to hear Nan Cohen read this poem. You can also download the recording or subscribe to Slate's Poetry Podcast on iTunes. The fear ...

FLINT, MI -- Kameron Motley, who grew up on the city’s north side, identifies with the word “Fearless.” It’s a mentality that you have to have as a student with lofty goals from Flint, a city that is ...

Founded in Chicago by Harriet Monroe in 1912, Poetry is the oldest monthly devoted to verse in the English-speaking world. Monroe's "Open Door" policy, set forth in Volume I of the magazine, remains ...

The Bene Gesserit litany against fear from Dune is surprisingly good psychology. Fear is the mind killer. This is the striking first line in the Bene Gesserit litany against fear. Dune fans have long ...

If you besiege a city for many days, to wage war against it in order to capture it, you must not destroy its fruit trees by wielding an ax against them… ~ Deuteronomy 20:19 tearing out or cutting down ...

I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Coming up, census forms are about to land in your mailbox. We'll talk about why you should fill them out, why some people really don't want to ...

Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face was radiant. They were afraid to approach him. ~ Exodus 34:30 this glow of history and promise. It frightens the neighbors.

I’m going to call Joy Harjo. Joy is a poet, musician, playwright, and author. She’s a member of the Muskogee Creek Nation and our current U.S. Poet Laureate. I first discovered Joy in my early 20s ...