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

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

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

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 ...

On March 22, 1929, the California legislature in a joint resolution names a man who spent his boyhood hunting ducks and geese in Sutter County as California’s second poet laureate.

Nascent journalist Santiago Ortiz loves a challenge. His latest: Could he turn a Phillies spring training game into a day ...

Katherine Marks loved drinking Earl Grey tea, mentoring youth and didn’t mind toiling in the sun and soil to plant a garden.

Mayor Michelle Wu gave her third State of the City address last night, a.k.a. the mayor’s annual speech laying out their vision for the city.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities detained 37 people for sharing “provocative” content on social media, the interior ...

The longtime Central Texas creative with experience in poetry and theater was named to the new position in March.

Has promised IOC members more genuine involvement in debates and decisions. And to present himself for re-election after four ...