Renowned poet Iftikhar Arif bagged Kamal-e-Fun Award for the year 2023 on Thursday for his services for literature. Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) presented this award to prominent poet Iftikhar ...

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 ...

Sheri-D Wilson is a Calgary-based writer and artist of 13 books, four short films and three words and music albums. She was ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

I don’t know why I had the audacity to go and see it, I didn’t dream I’d go through with it . . . but once I stepped into the ...

Get ready to chuckle at performances such as Stand-up Stitches (April 26), curated by Keesha Brownie; Champagne & Sky Juice ...

The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana proudly announces Julie Kane, celebrated poet and ...

Book publishers this year seem to be turning away from the heavy-hitters and opting for something silly. Here are some of the best.

One of the late Jacques Derrida’s most useful exercises in linguistic play was to hyphenate “represent.” The word that ...

The University of Connecticut Collegium Musicum held a performance titled “Journeys Home: An Evening of Readings and Music” at von der Mehden Recital Hall on Friday, April 11.

The author and poet Michael Rosen introduces and reads some of his best-known poems for children ... Don't Michael has fun with the idea of things we're not supposed to do. Do I know you?

Poetry combined with hip-hop, classical and pop music has young poets competing for prizes from $100 to $1,000 at this year’s ...