BYU professor of English Lance Larsen has been writing poetry for four decades. His poems are regularly published in leading ...

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

Devreaux Baker, Mendocino County’s first poet laureate, was about 19 years old when she left her home in Texas with her ...

The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the newspaper’s leadership and not necessarily those of MassLive.com. Readers are ...

Boston-based writer Porsha Olayiwola is the spring artist-in-residence for Michigan State University’s Womxn of Color ...

Our Collective Voices, a poetry reading celebrating the poetry and work of Loveland’s current poet laureate, Lynn Kincanon, ...

The second annual Chicharra Poetry Slam Festival returns to Albuquerque for five days this week, drawing over 75 of the top poets and spoken word artists from 30 cities across the United States. Like ...

It's taken a long time to bring Silas House to Oak Ridge. He's a bestselling novelist, Kentucky's poet laureate, a Berea College instructor, and more.

Mildred Barya is a Ugandan poet and fiction writer who has authored three poetry books: "Give Me Room to Move My Feet," "The ...

After Ukraine’s second-largest city showed no sign of caving and civilian casualties mounted, the White House relented after ...

Late Australian poet Dorothy Porter could take a mere handful of words and do extraordinary things with them. Her sister, ...

Oakland voters have a provocative choice in next month's special election for mayor, as longtime former Rep. Barbara Lee ...