Poetry

The newly published biography L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated “Female Byron,” written by literary critic ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with poet and video game designer Keith S. Wilson about his new collection of poetry, Fieldnotes On Ordinary Love, which ...

On the 200th anniversary of the poet's birth, Washingtonians reflect on his time in D.C..

In a romantic confession, a man gave a love poem written on a mango to his bus driver. However, the woman is already married, and wished the man the best.

For 34 years, Mike Whitmore has been carrying around a small black notebook in his back pocket. When he was in his 20s, he would jot down thoughts while ...

Safiya Sinclair joins Kevin Young to read and discuss Natalie Diaz's poem “From the Desire Field” and her own poem “Gospel of the Misunderstood.”

Broadway's “Beetlejuice” star Sophia Anne Caruso interviews with Backstage magazine about career and audition advice for kids and teens.

This moment represents a true sea change for our Creative Writing Program,” one of retiring English professor Gregory Orr's students said recently. “Greg is the ...

Legendary punk band X is heading to Gateway City Arts in Holyoke this weekend. Never heard of X? Get ready to hear one of the most influential first wave punk ...

Books about Super Mario, Greek gods and the Hillsborough disaster are in the running for the 2019 Forward Prizes for Poetry.

Walt Whitman only spent 10 years living in Washington, but the city is going all out for the 200th anniversary of his birth with a slew of events celebrating the ...

May is National Foster Care Month, and unfortunately, Arizona has some pretty grim statistics when it comes to foster care. The state leads the nation in.

GREENFIELD — Finalists in the 28th annual Poet's Seat Poetry Contest, ranging from teenagers to adults, recited personal stories of love, loss and joy at ...

Ask the Astro Poets is the monthly advice column by W's resident astrologers, Alex Dimitrov (Sagittarius) and Dorothea Lasky (Aries). At the halfway point of ...

Truth Street by David Cain, which combines eyewitness accounts of the 1989 disaster, is nominated for best debut in year when 'poetry has come down from its ...

Looks like this year, April showers brought April flowers. As in, a bouquet of outstanding poets. So stop and smell the roses, my friends.

Today show co-host Jenna Bush Hager nabbed her dad's old pal Bono for a sit down about books last week. It comes as no surprise that the U2 frontman loves ...

Through the Love in the Street art initiative, Louisville poets had their words of affection for the city etched into the sidewalk on Fourth Street.

David Cain is in the running for a Forward Prize For Poetry for his first collection.

Every year for four years, Northfield, Minn., student Isabella Callery has entered the Poetry Out Loud competition. And every year for three years she got as far as ...

“This is the city and I am one of the citizens,” Walt Whitman declared in his signature poem Song of Myself. “Whatever interests the rest interests me, politics, ...

Richard Blanco, who read at President Obama's second inauguration, wrestles with the contradictions of American history in his latest book of poems, “How to ...

Thus begins Arundhathi Subramaniam's new book of poetry, Love Without a Story. I was immediately hooked. The book's title may suggest a large, universal, ...

The homegoing *service* for Shirley Bradley LeFlore stretched nearly four hours on Friday, May 17 at Christ Church Cathedral. It was the type of funeral her life ...

Poetry collections by Mary Oliver, Nikita Gill, Lin-Manuel Miranda and more top our list of must-listen audiobooks.

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, especially for Pennsylvanians honoring the late Fred Rogers.

#Tamannaah in an exclusive interview with Bollywood Hungama's Faridoon Shahryar talks about her love and passion for writing and poetry. She talks about ...

If you flip through the pages of the Jewish Journal until you've found one “good” article to read, you're a mindless consumer of the endangered medium known ...

Playwright Allyson Currin's poignant new work Sooner/Later captures the messy reality of relationships and family in a funny and brutally honest way. From the ...

Dr Barbara Anne York Main OAM, who died last week, was one of Australia's leading spider researchers and conservationists. She studied the world's oldest ...

If the title hadn't already been taken Kenneth Branagh could have called his new movie Shakespeare in Love. But since a movie by that name already won an ...

With a serendipity-filled backstory that would make the late Jane Kenyon and Donald Hall smile, friends of the poetic couple are busy transforming their longtime ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with core members of the influential spoken-word music group, Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan, about their new album ...

Tipperary born, Boston based musician and songwriter Martin Butler has released an album of Irish instrumental music, poetry and song featuring the works of Iri ...

Richard Blanco was the fifth inaugural poet, reading at the swearing-in of former President Barack Obama. In his latest book, "How To Love A Country," Blanco ...

Morten Høi Jensen asks Adam Kirsch about his new book, “Who Wants to Be a Jewish Writer?”

In a story read at Mass on the First Sunday after Easter, Thomas says it's malarkey when his buddies tell him they saw Jesus, who had come back from the dead.

The poem targets armchair activists who consider themselves revolutionaries but do not leave their comfortable homes.

Los Angeles synth wave duo Lucky + Love play an in-store at Pop Obscure Records on Friday, so we chatted with both of them, Loren Luck and April Love, ...

MIDDLEBURY — Award-winning poet and counselor Gary Margolis will be reading from his newly published book of poetry, “Time Inside,” on Friday, May 24, ...

Writing verse might come naturally for most rappers, but few of them have their poetry published before they hit the charts. Yet Jamila Woods is not your average ...

A church warden sent love letters to the elderly neighbour of the man he was engaged to in order to "woo" her and benefit from her will, a court heard. Benjamin ...

Poets explore how the artform can unite people on different sides of conflict.

Get ideas for your 2019 Mother's Day cards with these poems and quotes to Mom that say "I love you."

Four years ago I lost hearing in one ear while backpacking in western Montana. Despite many visits to doctors, acupuncturists, and naturopaths, the cause of the ...

I love being in front of an audience. As a true-to-form Aries sun, Leo rising, I've done everything — given hour-long speeches with ease, gone on TV to promote ...

English-language poetry in India is still something of a personality cult, its evaluation often coloured by the poet's achievements in other fields — as novelist, ...

A sneak preview of this Saturday's books pages.

Dennis O'Donnell said he found love for God and poetry while spending time in federal prison.

The first gay, Latinx, and immigrant inaugural poet reads from his new book, How to Love a Country, and provides a lesson in writing.

Daughter shares love for mother who had an untimely death by putting her thoughts into poetry appropriate for Mother's Day in Pritchardville SC.

Maine-based poet Richard Blanco was the youngest, first Latino, first immigrant and first openly gay person to serve as an inaugural poet when he was tapped to ...

Life has a way, from time to time, of destroying our comfort zones and upending our plans. On 16 May 2018, Roger Read, 66, received one of those painful ...

Richard Blanco, the fifth presidential inaugural poet in U.S. history, joined Boston Public Radio last week for another edition of "Village Voice," and to talk about ...

A tongue-in-cheek children's poem which advises a little girl against killing her brother has been blasted as “absolutely disgusting” and “horrifying” by angry ...

Rachel Kushner writers about Ingeborg Bachmann's “Malina,” a 1971 novel about female desire and loss of self.

Charles Wooley on interviewing Bob and Blanche for 60 Minutes.

Aaron "Neddy" Stein continues his look at recent releases featuring exceptional songcraft with profiles of records by Rose Elinor Dougall, Sweet Whirl, Rozi ...

Adrienne Rich, poet and activist, would have been 90 years old on May 16. She passed away in 2012.

Poet James Cagney was 19 when he found out he was adopted. A few years later, both of his parents passed away, and Cagney was left homeless. He reflects ...

The Game has been determined to keep Nipsey Hussle's name alive with his social media campaign, #OneNipPostADayTiliFadeAway.

The High Noon Saloon welcomed slam poet and storyteller Neil Hilborn back to Madison for a late Monday show. With local entertainer Kevin Willmott II opening ...

Texting and emailing have revolutionized the way we communicate, enabling us to be more efficient and stay in touch more easily. But they have also altered the ...

HRC is celebrating National Poetry Month by asking young people nationwide to write poems about what equality means to them and share them with us.

The Perseverance, using the writer's experience of deafness to explore human communication, was praised by judges as 'exceptionally brave and kind'

CLEVELAND, Ohio – In Alondra Rivera's earliest memory of her childhood in Puerto Rico, she is a toddler, standing in the backyard of her family's home, ...

Hong Kong-based sales agent Asian Shadows has picked up international rights to two titles from rising Chinese talents – Liu Shu's Lost Lotus and Wang ...

The playwright and author, most recently, of “The Apology” would invite James Baldwin, Hannah Arendt and Anaïs Nin for dinner. “Topics might include: God, ...

The Game dedicates a poem in an Instagram post to Lauren London and late rapper, Nipsey Hussle.

Last week, NCAA officials indicated that they were finally looking into allowing student-athletes to turn a profit while still in school. A new group comprised of ...

WHITE MOUNTAINS – J.C. Hart, the pen name for a local high school senior who is only 18 years-old, might be deemed by many as an old soul.

A New York-based slam poet is coming to Lane Community College in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The award-winning performer Kit ...

Listen to Nashirah, the Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia, preview their upcoming concert, "LOVE In Every Language," live from the WRTI 90.1.

PHUKET, Thailand, May 21 (Xinhua)– Love is like durian. People who never tried it say it smells too much. People who had a taste can never have enough.

The account, which now has 12,700 followers, posts translations of ancient Tamil literary works every day. Megha Kaveri ...

First up, after a 6-year old and his mother were killed in a hit-and-run, East Oakland residents demand a traffic light. Then, Oakland poet James Cagney on.

Editor's Note: This story is part of The Partnership Project, a series of *content* written in an effort by The Daily News to follow the formal collaboration of Ball State ...

Audrey and Jeremy Roloff are extremely religious, but some think one practice they believe in goes against Christianity.

The National Book Award–winning author writes complex teenage protagonists whose real-life counterparts have long faced literary erasure.

May 22– May 22–PORTLAND, Ore. — It's a gray afternoon in a city that has 500 shades of that color, and the coach is out for a stroll, umbrella in hand.

Robb Flynn spoke to Metal Hammer magazine about MACHINE HEAD's new song "Do Or Die", the first piece of music recorded after the band's split with ...

Advice: Because nobody knows about the affair and no questions have been raised about your earlier marriages, I see nothing positive about disclosing that ...

SPRING CITY, Sanpete County — Just hours after a big opera premiere, Brian Stucki found himself on his hands and knees cleaning up his kid's vomit. A guest ...

The new movie depicting the life of writer, poet, and academic J.R.R. Tolkien is a refreshing display of the beauty of friendship and perseverance in adversity.

Dallas artist Erica Stephens explains her new work depicting violence against women, and why she won't apologize for her feminist work since it's based on ...

We know very little about William Shakespeare, so we make stuff up. Thus we have Shakespeare in Love (John Madden–Tom Stoppard), which imagines the ...

Omanis have hailed writer Jokha Alharthi's “historical achievement” and praised her for bringing “honor” to their Gulf nation after she became the first Arab ...

Fighting Words 2019: Kerry O'Sullivan is 18 and a student at Dominican College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.

An elderly woman was "tortured" at learning she had been duped by a much younger man who declared his love for her, her niece told a court.

Jamaican songstress Jada Kingdom talks about her buzzing single “Banana” and how processing trauma helped shape her artistic approach.

TALENTED young writers have been recognised at an awards ceremony in memory of a long-time library supporter.

A collection of love letters written by Canadian musician Leonard Cohen to the woman who inspired his song, So Long, Marianne is going up for auction next ...

Tamannaah Bhatia enjoys a huge fan following on the social media. The actress who is otherwise very private about her personal life has left her treat fans a ...

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous “already feels like a modern classic, destined to be read and talked about for years to come,” said Caleb Masters of Bookmarks.

Perhaps the most thorough explanation of Tyler, the Creator's album "IGOR."

Keith Booth introduced as Dunbar's new boys basketball coach.

Plus, five more authors giving their best advice on travel, music, and books inspired by their transportive new novels.

On the way to bury his mother in 1951, Les Murray saw an old Aboriginal man standing by the road with his eyes down and hat off. "I was 12 then," the poet ...

Actress worked closely with Pua Magasiva, with the pair playing on-screen husband & wife.

By Stephen Brackens Brinkley. The children's voices, can't you hear. some voices distant, some voices near. Some are calm, but most are not. in their beds or on ...