T.S. Eliot famously observed in his great poem, “The Four Quartets,” that April is the cruelest month. Economists quote this line every year during the first two weeks of that month when referencing ...

For all the would-be wordsmiths out there, I've got nine books to read if you want to write poetry but don't know where to start. Pull out your favorite journal or note-taking app now and jot down a ...

ALTOONA, Pa. — Erin Murphy, professor of English at Penn State Altoona, has published a new craft essay in “Cleaver Magazine.

Lucy Calkins, founding director of the Reading and Writing Project at Teachers College, Columbia University, is one of the most influential literacy educators in the country. She is the author of the ...

In this article, we’ll dig into five prestigious international writing competitions that welcome high school students from around the globe.