Nancy Miller Gomez is the county’s new poet laureate for 2025-26, having officially been announced to the position at the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors’ Jan. 28 meeting.

The 75-year-old poet, translator, and editor is the 54th recipient of the Bollingen Prize for Poetry, a prestigious award ...

When Ephriam David Tyler died in 1969 at age 85, he had written and published his way through three works of poetry that ...

The legendary folk singer is among 250 being considered for President Donald Trump's proposed "Garden of American Heroes." ...

Gene Kahane writes, "It seems this month, Black History Month, is the best time to look at race and sports because, to put it ...

With her stellar band, Bassels confidently takes centre stage, weaving a tapestry of melodies with warm, velvety tones, and ...

She's reviving the Black Arts Movement’s tradition of pairing poetry with live music—and drawing Gen Z off their phones and ...

Happy Statehood Day, Arizona. From Stevie Nicks and award-winning Mexican food to small towns and Camelback Mountain, here's ...

Happy Statehood Day, Arizona. From Stevie Nicks and the Colorado River to creosote and Camelback Mountain, here's why we love ...

Last Friday, students wowed an audience at the annual Poetry Live! competition. Students competed in two separate county ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

When we think of Valentine’s Day, chubby Cupids, hearts and roses generally come to mind, not industrial processes like mass ...