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.

But clues can be found in the figure of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, an Italian poet who, in the early 20th century, founded the Futurist movement and later contributed to the founding of fascism.

And here’s an interesting tidbit about its poet, Walter Savage Landor: He was passionate about writing in Latin. In fact, he wrote more than 300 poems and essays in the classical language.

FRANKFORT — With the Kentucky River as a backdrop, Kentucky poet laureate Silas House and other environmental advocates spoke out last Tuesday against a bill that would limit state regulation of ...

Study of Dana Gioia, Mark Jarman, Robert McDowell, David Mason, Timothy Steele, and other New Formalist and New Narrative poets with ties to the western U.S.

Shelly Conley, a prominent figure in Milwaukee's poetry slam scene, has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is known for her vulnerable storytelling, particularly in her poem "Papa'z ...