Poetry is a vessel for greater understanding in the same way that a voice is a vessel for language,” Price said.

In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ...

March is Women's History Month, and our friend and author Patricia Fisher is highlighting several new books about amazing ...

If I read a book and it makes my whole body so cold no fire can warm me, I know that is poetry. If I feel physically as if ...

The Courant’s arts picks for March 2-8 includes comedy events that range from stand-ups to “The Harold” and special shows marking Oscar Night and Mardi Gras.

Carl Phillips’s latest collection, Scattered Snows, To The North (Carcanet), is rich in his by-now familiar long, clause-heavy sentences and his ability to reproduce the feeling of a mind thinking out ...

Maybe you’re unfamiliar with him, or maybe you’ve heard he’s an up-and-coming comedian with a gift for prankish anti-bits. He has performed on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” and “Saturday ...

Production maximizes power of Puccini's music and drama — filling out characters, heightening emotions, enhancing humor and ...

How did the author of "The Savannah Cook Book" fenagle famous poet Ogden Nash to write the introduction? Polly Powers Stramm finds out.

Poetry should be celebrated every day of the year, but this World Poetry Day, we'd like to take a moment to introduce you to ...

The weekend of March 21-23 features a variety of events in the Rockford area, including live theater, performing arts, and a ...