Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...

With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay ...

Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” ...

Op-ed: To prepare students for the complexities of community work, two educators turn to creative writing to help ignite ...

The essay form is a response to minds, art, communities and culture, understood through a writer’s body, intellect and being.

Conservative activists and politicians have rallied around a college student who received a zero on an essay. Some grad ...

Where are the writers who work on the dock? Where are stevedores, the longshoremen? The pipe fitters? The electricians?” ...

A University of Oklahoma student received a zero on a psychology essay after using her religious beliefs to discuss gender norms. The graduate student instructor said the grade was for not properly ...

The inner and outer forecasts don’t always match up. This short poem by Louise Glück starts out cold and stays that way for ...

GCSE and A-level exams could be taken on laptops by as early as 2030, after pupils complained of writing fatigue because their hand muscles 'aren't strong enough'. Exams watchdog, Ofqual, is launching ...