It was a wonder to see the sage, Nigerian Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka man the stage at the 6th ProvidusBank World Poetry Day Café, held on March 21 at Terra Kulture Arena in Lagos. The ...

These collections by Juliana Spahr, Mai Der Vang, Hasib Hourani and Martín Espada invite us to rethink the relentless accumulation of history.

In his debut collection, The Long Invisible, poet Michael Dechane examines broken relationship and starting anew. Many of the works are set in Florida, where Dechane grew up, as well as Western North ...

T oday The Atlantic launches “The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far),” a new editorial project that brings ...

Into their fourth year of war, Ukrainians living in or near front line regions of their country grapple with their losses and ...

Singer/songwriter Lucy Dacus's new album Forever Is a Feeling features music written about "falling in love, falling out of ...

Shriver recalls the ensuing “self-pity party” that included “a litany of trips to various therapists, healers, shamans, and ...

The Atlanta-based artist's third collection of poetry, “boy maybe,” takes readers on an emotional roller coaster exploring grief, love, police brutality and Black culture.

The singer-songwriter’s sparest songs tend to be not only the most emotionally unsparing, but points of unexpected climax.

While core acts of devotion take center stage, qasidas (Islamic odes) and devotional poetry serve as powerful complements, ...