Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

In September 2024, the Ramaphosa signed the BELA Act but postponed the implementation of controversial sections 4 and 5, which address ... the implications for Afrikaans as a medium of instruction.

Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We Climb," took to social media Saturday to express her condolences ...