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 ...

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

Ireland's Anne Enright is one of eight extraordinary writers awarded $175,000 each through Windham-Campbell Prizes to support ...

Lincoln wildlife photographer Joel Sartore was recently named Nebraskan of the Year for his contributions to wildlife ...

The 24th Poet Laureate of the United States – and the first of Hispanic origin – shares her experience as an ambassador of ...

It’s surely something to celebrate that the most famous Scot in world history is a poet. Royalty and dictators get far too much attention as ...

Local media often refers to Lewis Pitts as a retired civil rights attorney. Pitts did not retire; in 2014, he resigned in ...