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

Oakland's Youth Poet Laureate Ella Gordon recited a powerful poem about the ... is someone with a track record on local ...

Plans to convert a Leeds church into a National Poetry Centre and ... in every corner of the UK." The government said it had prioritised projects from the original list that were the most advanced ...

Stars came together for a powerful performance of Smith and Springsteen's 1978 hit song Because the Night as big names, including Flea and Johnny Depp, flocked to New York City's iconic Carnegie Hall ...

Lit fests across India are bridging the gap between the reader and writer and giving a platform to regional writers and their ...

In celebration of International Women’s Day, we have a list of 15 famous women who defied the odds ... a Pakistani education activist who became the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate at age 17. After ...

There’s a lot going on in the poetry community right now. My Santa Barbara Independent colleague, George Yatchisin, will become Santa Barbara’s next Poet Laureate ... See the events list for more ...

has been named the city's new Poet Laureate. Conley is known for her vulnerable storytelling, particularly in her poem "Papa'z Song," which explores her relationship with her absent father.

Iris, born in 1983, has an impressive literary and educational background. He served as Poet Laureate of Cincinnati and has been Writer-in-Residence at both the Cincinnati and Hamilton County ...

The ‘thing called poetry’ worked out – Armitage was named the UK’s poet laureate in 2019, is a fellow of the Royal Society for Literature, a CBE, and a former professor of poetry at the University of ...

Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd, BA ’71, MA ‘72, a celebrated poet and author, was named Michigan’s third poet laureate. The announcement, made in February by the Michigan Department of Education and the Library ...