The NEA grant gave voice, honor and power to an audience of poets who nurtured the gift and returned it to society. May it be ever thus.

One Golden Summer is a follow-up to Carley Fortune's debut book Every Summer After and tells the story of Alice, a photographer seeking a quiet, restorative summer at her childhood cottage with her ...

On Sunday, the festival will present eight poets: Jack Crimmins, Lisa Shulman, Dave Holt, Melissa Eleftherion, readings from ...

John Koethe spent decades as a philosophy professor. The poems in his latest collection, “Cemeteries and Galaxies,” are full ...

Writing and reading poetry for children is such a complete joy, ... The Moth Short Story Prize, judged by Evie Wyld, closes on June 30th; The Moth Nature Writing Prize, ...

One of the only unambiguous extended pleasures I experienced in 2020 was that of reading all five volumes of “The Cazalet Chronicles,” by Elizabeth Jane Howard, back to back. “Sunlight refurbished the ...

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Teatro Paraguas will present Short Forms, a special poetry reading featuring local poets Wayne Lee, Donald Levering, and Jane Lipman, on Sunday, June 29 at 5:00 p.m. at Teatro Paraguas, 3205 Calle ...

May is Short Story Month. Celebrate by checking out one of these great Canadian short story collections. If you're also interested in poetry, the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize is accepting submissions ...

Reading and/or writing poetry has been shown to increase working memory associated with greater recall and shows a positive effect on short-term and long-term mood changes. 6 Poetry connects us to ...

I kept reading poetry, but for the last, I don’t know, 25 or 30 years, I’ve been very much a casual reader of poetry—not someone professionally invested in it, not someone who specializes in it.