On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, UC Santa Barbara assistant professor Mona Damluji wrote a poem to her daughters to explain why they cannot return to the places their ancestors ...
This week’s guest on Poetry in Daily Life is Nile Stanley, PhD, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida. A teacher educator, artist-in-residence, and researcher, for thirty-six years he has been on a ...
The 2017 All City Teen Poetry Slam Festival was held over two weekends in early April with the theme “Here Still.” The finals on April 8 were a tribute to the city’s resilience after the summer of ...
It hardly needs to be said that this is an extremely frightening, confusing and anxiety-ridden time, for everyone. Read the latest coverage of the coronavirus in Alaska. As tireless coverage of the ...
Nelson Mandela is remembered all over the world not just as a political figure but as an embodiment of determination, mercy, ...
Hagir Elsheikh is a survivor of political persecution, torture and gender based violence. She has previously visited Good Day PA to speak on behalf of her non-profit, “Kareem’s Mission”. Today, she ...
Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee shared a poem titled 'Brave' after her party's defeat in the West Bengal Assembly ...
Maya Angelou’s legacy goes beyond the body of work she shared with the world during her lifetime. Her legacy as one of the greatest writers of all time also embodies the ability she had to hold on to ...
“I have a dream.” You have heard the line. But what you may not know is that the poetry of Langston Hughes influenced Martin Luther King Jr.’s best-known speech, which he delivered during the 1963 ...