Poets across the country are using their art form to create spaces for racial healing, reflection, and connection, helping people process history and build understanding across generations.

Poet Jane Hirshfield, who will be the keynote speaker at the 2026 Kachemak Bay Writers Conference, has said this: “What we want from art is whatever is missing from the lives we are already living and ...

Noelle Sapp, a freshman at Bridgewater-Raritan High School, will compete at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in March.