In a blurry photo from my first trip to Poland at 19, me and my godmother, one of my mother’s ten siblings, are laughing together, a thousand feet into the earth, in a 13th century chapel made ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

In tough times, Amanda Johnston is creating a community of gratitude with contributions from poets all across the state.

By George Longenecker Poet Joyce Thomas reminds us that our species is neither omniscient, omnipotent, nor immune from ...

When my father was living his last years in a nursing facility, there was a woman there who spoke no English. I don’t know ...

In art and life, Van Gogh “needed depth, something that spoke to his heart, that relieved his loneliness and reassured him he was still part of the human community,” says Unger. Misunderstood in ...

For some people, the shift toward aloneness represents a desire for what researchers call 'positive solitude,' a state that ...

Corey Van Landingham, a graduate of Purdue's creative writing MFA program has published three poetry collections. Her third, "Reader, I," explores the nuances of romantic relationships in conversation ...

The only real time that you will see the word “loneliness” in classic literature is in Hamlet, when Ophelia suffers from it ...

There are moments when we sit in a crowded room, surrounded by laughter, conversations, and the warmth of familiar faces—yet, inside, there’s a quiet emptiness. We scroll endlessly through messages, ...

Annie Wenstrup’s "The Museum of Unnatural Histories" isn’t just a poetry collection — it’s a haunting, intimate exhibit of ...