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

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Pittsburg State University will host author Micah Bateman for the Victor J. Emmett Jr. Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. on April ...

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Francois worked as a painter and Dorothy a nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital, the towering Spanish Renaissance building on the ...

Americans are moving a lot less than they once did, and that is a problem. While Yoni Applebaum, in his highly-publicized ...

The rising harpist explores spirituals, musical ancestors and the influence of church on her new album, Take Me to the Water.

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Her writing toed the line between fine art and poetry, asking readers to think of language as a multidimensional tool of ...

In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ”, as a reviewer in the 1920s termed amateur elocutionists.