That is the beginning of a poem I wrote about my mom’s mother. Grandma always lived on a farm, and as I grew up, I was so thrilled to be able to go spend a week with her every summer. I would like to ...

How to Save a Species, Canadian author Greg Cummings chronicles his fight for gorilla conservation in turbulent times.

Despite outcry from supporters, an Ann Arbor high school English and language arts teacher is out of a job over allegedly ...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for the ending of Our Unwritten Seoul.

The NEA grant gave voice, honor and power to an audience of poets who nurtured the gift and returned it to society. May it be ever thus.

In a recent interview, the former First Lady shared her experience as a caregiver during the final year of her mother's life.

Mother’s Day is a moment to recognize moms in many countries across the globe. One book follows the lives of four women — in the US, Kenya, Finland and Japan — as they enter a new chapter of life as ...

In the course of her career, which also included a dozen earlier years on other routes, she drove an old postal jeep that she’d bought for a song, as rural letter carriers were often responsible for ...

By Patrick Schmadeke Evangelization in the World Today The Spring semester of 2008 had unfolded much like other semesters. By ...

Two superfans (who also happen to be ELLE editors) dive into the artist’s long-anticipated new work.

by Pope St. Pius Xby Pope St. Pius X O immaculate virgin, mother of God and mother of humanity, we believe with all the fervour of our faith in your triumphal assumption both in body and in soul ...

The idea to celebrate International Mother Language Day was the initiative of Bangladesh. It was approved at the 1999 UNESCO General Conference and has been observed throughout the world since 2000.