Nebraska’s next state poet is a fixture around poetry slams and political events in the state’s largest city, having spoken ...

JustBookish, a bookstore co-founded by Boston poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola, seeks to be a space for Boston's community to ...

Opened in November 2024, justBook-ish stands out for a few reasons. It’s one of the few Black-owned bookstores in Boston and ...

Governor Jim Pillen announced the new state poet in a ceremony on Monday. Jewel Rodgers, an Omaha native, was named the new ...

I was the chief of the Joy Bangla Force, and many others were with me. If saying Joy Bangla is a crime, then hang me. There ...

Shamsud-Din Jabbar rode a bicycle through Bourbon and Canal streets months before carrying out an attack that killed 14 ...

An esteemed Urdu poet, researcher Iqbal Faheem Jozi has passed away today (Monday) and his family shared the heartbreaking news late ...

The Royal Society of Literature’s leaders are set to step down following a civil war between writers over diversity and free ...

December's writer-curator on Something I Heard, Danny Stewart, reads a poem by Frank Bidart titled, "Visions at 74." ...

December's writer-curator on Something I Heard, Danny Stewart, reads a poem by Fanny Howe, "Loneliness." Stewart is a Pushcart-nominated poet and author of the collection The Imaginary World.

Roger Waters brought a new serious depth to Pink Floyd when he started writing lyrics for the group in the 1970s. He took inspiration from two folk legends.

Poet Agbeye Oburumu, with the stage name Agbeye  Talks, has won the prestigious K.E.E.P (Kudo Eseria Eke Prize) Award,  in recognition of his contributions to performance poetry.