More than 50 artists and cultural leaders will convene at at St Mary’s Guildhall on Saturday (March 29) for Melan8, a ...

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.

The following editorial is from the opinion page of The Republican newspaper in Springfield. It reflects views of the ...

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 ...

San Francisco’s Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin has been awarded Yale University’s prestigious Windham-Campbell Prize. The $175,000 literary award aims to provide writers the financial means to focus ...

Bard bashing has become something of a national sport, says Robert McCrum, and the latest attempt to rewrite the legacy of ...

A TOP cyber security specialist is launching her debut poetry collection. Lisa Ventura MBE, who was awarded an MBE in 2023 for her contributions to cyber security, will launch her book, The Show Must ...

Schneider as the city’s new Poet Laureate. Schneider will serve a two-year term beginning March 17 and will promote poetry and creative expression throughout the community. As a local resident and ...

NEW LONDON, N.H. — New Hampshire Poet Laureate Jennifer Militello will read a selection of her poems at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, at Colby-Sawyer College. The public is invited to the free event in the ...

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...