CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Academy of American Poets has awarded Cincinnati poet Manuel Iris a prestigious national award.

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I never imagined I would be writing about dog waste for a column, but a recent incident led to a larger discussion about the decline of manners.

The arts are often written off as worthless, or certainly not worth the federal funding that they receive. But young poets ...

2025 Young Fenland Poet Laureate, Isla Jackson (Image: Tim Chapman) The runner-up in the Fenland Poet Laureate Awards was Toni Fell with her poem, "Starter Home," while Paul Dance took third place ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

The State Library of Louisiana announced that Julie Kane, professor emerita of English at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches was named the winner of the 26th Louisiana Writer Award.

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There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will ...

For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did ...

Since getting into poetry as a teenager, Masaki Takahashi has been performing with a style that bridges the gap between ...