Peggy Shumaker, a stalwart supporter of Alaska writers and the larger arts community, is a professor emerita from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a former Alaska writer laureate. Author of nine ...

He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

A rare letter penned by C.S. Lewis in 1937 is on display at The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., in the new exhibit, ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

Skye Jackson’s debut poetry collection, “Libre,” leads off with a poem that, back in 2021, won her deserved acclaim.

and April as Poetry Month is a great time to meet or reacquaint ourselves with three very accomplished Alaska poets, each of whom has a new book entering the world. Chaun Ballard grew up in St ...

The Vine, owned by Tessa Mahler, will offer Christian books, devotionals, Bibles, jewelry, candles and other gifts. The store will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m ...

We unsee what is in front of our eyes. This book then takes us through the poetry of heartbreak in a democracy. Through a profoundly moving series of readings of some of the best voices in modern ...

Patrycja Humienik’s debut poetry collection, “We Contain Landscapes,” is a healthy mix of both. Book Review: Patrycja Humienik’s powerful debut poetry collection is a conundrum worth ...

Professor Margaret Jull Costa is a British translator of Portuguese- and Spanish-language fiction and poetry, including the works of Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

If you are one who cannot stomach left-wing lyrics or metrically muted cries of despair, you may well find one or both of these narrative poems as agreeable a surprise as John Brown’s Body.