'I met my younger self for a coffee' poem becomes cathartic trend for TikTok users
She lets out a sigh and has a good cry, I tell her to release her feelings one at a time,” Cecelia, 30, wrote in a poem that ...
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Poet Aja Monet’s Cure for Loneliness
She's reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing Gen Z off their phones and ...
AI companions claim to help with loneliness — but they might make it worse
Research shows that AI companions can help lonely individuals, at least in the short term. A 2022 study found that ...
‘Magical, Alluring’: Huntington Beach panel approves ‘MAGA’ plaque for city library
The city's Community and Library Services Commission approved the design Tuesday night, despite more than 300 emails ...
How Did DeepSeek Build Its A.I. With Less Money?
The Chinese start-up used several technological tricks, including a method called “mixture of experts,” to significantly ...
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How the “Subversive Genius” of Kendrick Lamar Sent Trump Home a Loser
Ad Policy Kendrick Lamar performs during halftime of Super Bowl LIX between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia ...
10 Latino-owned bookstores and comic shops
What an embarrassment of riches Southern California has when it comes to Latinx bookstores. We want to give honorable mention ...
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“Black Dictionary”
From the pianoforte to the smartphone, each wave of tech has sparked fears of brain rot. But the problem isn’t our ability to ...
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Aliker hopes for slam-dunk hit with poetry in the north
On December 18 last year, Slam Poetry was launched in Gulu City. It was the first slam poetry for secondary school children ...
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In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote ‘Ulysses’ a Jewish poet’s bookstore rises back to life
In the Italian city where James Joyce wrote 'Ulysses,' the bookstore that Jewish poet Umberto Saba opened in 1919 has come ...
Turning a new leaf: Poet laureate resigns
Ready to give new voices a chance to fill the role she’s held for a decade, Minnesota Poet Laureate Joyce Sutphen is resigning. Sutphen, 71, is the state’s second poet laureate, ...