Ten emerging writers, from an author of speculative fiction to a poet rooted in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, have ...

On April 10, award-winning poet Dante Micheaux visited the Illini Union Bookstore and read a selection of his poems to an audience.

Two professors in the Creative Writing Program turned to the seventh-century style of verse during the pandemic to tackle the ...

Seattle Reads is the library’s citywide book group, with more than 20 programs planned in April and May, including events with U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón on May 16 and 17. Find a copy of “You Are ...

For National Poetry Month, we talk with Richard Blanco, whose “One Today” poem was read at Barack Obama’s second inauguration ...

The University of West Georgia recently welcomed Italian-based poet, Pietro Federico, for a reading of his latest collection, Most of the Stars. The collection features 50 poems, one for each U.S.

Poet Yusef Komunyakaa is to receive an Anisfeld-Wolf Award for lifetime achievement. The 77-year-old poet is known for such collections as “Neon Vernacular” and for exploring race, music and his ...

The community of Sacramento is invited to a celebration that honors Sacramento Poet Laureate Andru Defeye and his impact on the city’s literary and arts landscape, according to ...

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 ...

MIDLANDS province-based arts group Hodzeko Arts and Culture Association (HACA) has launched a project to showcase the work of poets with disabilities. HACA executive director Dumisani Ndlovu said the ...

The awards, which come with a $50K purse, have helped launch the writing careers of many now well-known authors, including ...

From spoken word to lyrical poetry, Providus Bank, in commemoration of the 2025 World Poetry Day (WPD) made March 21 ‘Evening with Wole Soyinka’ an unforgettable one. The event reminded the ...