As a young girl, Gina Belafonte used to put her ear up against a door in her home so she could hear her father and his friends discuss important matters. Issues like civil rights, protests and racism.

Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

If your first thought is “But I don’t speak Scots”, worry not: the poems ... see her – my mother/ billowing in a nightie, her beautiful face looking huffy and strained./ Where have you ...

Lalon Fakir’s songs reflect universal spirituality, challenging societal norms of caste, religion, and gender. His mystical ...

She lets out a sigh and has a good cry, I tell her to release her feelings one at a time,” Cecelia, 30, wrote in a poem that ...

An ode to Josh Hart, who is playing (and posting) his way into being all of New York’s Valentine.

That there are two sides to every story is cliché. That there are two stories to every marriage is almost science ...

Idina Menzel is climbing to new heights as she returns to Broadway in the new musical Redwood. The new musical features ...

When I picked up the phone to call Cruse — always Howie to me — the most important thing I knew was that he had known my ...

Menzel has plenty to give. She could be the greatest squandered resource on Broadway in decades, which makes this ...

In this age of instant messaging, voice notes, and endless scrolling, the once-intimate act of letter writing has all but ...