Jaki Shelton Green, North Carolina’s first African American poet laureate, discusses life, loss, joy and sometimes being mistaken for the hired help.

You've heard of the "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" poem. But who actually wrote it, and what inspired these iconic ...

Can you spot the Easter eggs and figure out which song inspired each poem? Which song inspired this poem? Agodon follows ...

The Komboloi, or worry beads, may be one of the most typical symbols of Greece’s easy-going mentality that has been widely established both in Greece and Cyprus since the middle of the 20th century.

There is no Dutch tradition as cherished as the Sinterklaas poem (well, except perhaps Zwarte Piet). But, what is this mysterious sinterklaasgedicht — and how do you write one? If it’s your first ...

Reducing worry can be difficult, especially if worry has become habitual, but there are ways to chip away at it and replace ...

This is another symptom of the disunited right. By Ben Walker More than two and a quarter million people have signed a petition calling for a general election. This doesn’t mean anything in real terms ...

In other words, when the stakes are higher, we make more cautious decisions. Why Do We Worry? If worry tends to bias our predictions regarding the likelihood and severity of potential negative ...

The Kansas City Chiefs are 9-1, and the Carolina Panthers are struggling, 3-7 on the year, in what is a mismatch on paper. Many expect Patrick Mahomes to run up the score as he seeks retribution ...

Are you an excessive worrier? Perhaps you unconsciously think that if you "worry enough," you can prevent bad things from happening. But the fact is, worrying can affect the body in ways that may ...