COMMENTARY: Great literature shows us who we are. It is like a mirror that shows us ourselves. It shows us our character, our ...

I’ve been writing poetry for about as long as I can remember; in truth, I can’t even remember how long. My mother died of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 1996; my father died in 2005 from multiple urinary ...

Three hundred people filled the Merrill Cultural Center to hear celebrated poet Ellen Bass deliver the keynote presentation ...

When Ada Limón became the U.S. Poet Laureate in 2022, she took that moment she used that moment to reflect on poetry's power to connect — or to reconnect — people to the world around them and to their ...

But growing up, the 26-year-old'sview of poetry was heavily influenced by those two men, "both of whom were writers who have experiences that I didn't identify with as a working-class Salvadoran girl ...

Students will practice reading and analyzing poetry. In this lesson students will practice reading and analyzing poetry with Mrs. Wright and enjoy a read aloud of the book Under the Snow written by ...

Kernersville’s Stan Lake, a writer, photographer, naturalist and military veteran, has led an interesting life and like his ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

Discover the readings that define the city's storytelling culture—from basement shows to marquee bookshop events.

Northern Michigan University’s MFA Poetry Student Reading
 is set for 1-2:30 p.m Saturday at the Peter White Public Library Heritage Room in Marquette. The PWPL partners with NMU’s MFA Program to ...

Let no one ever say that Tallahassee isn’t a cultural hotspot. Cases in point: two thriving ballet companies; a magnificent professional symphony; world-renowned jazz; classical music youth ...