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

Arthur Sze, the national poet laureate appointed by the Library of Congress last month, visited Queens College, in Flushing, ...

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

National Poet Laureate Arthur Sze will host a free public reading, “Words Bridging Worlds: On Poetry and Translation,” at ...

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Muscat, Dec 17Poetry endures when it is approached through critical reflection rather than ceremonial praise. Within this spirit, the 13th ...

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

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In September, the National Endowment for the Arts published surprising new data: poetry reading in the United States has almost doubled over five years. A 2012 NEA survey had found that only 7 percent ...

Anyone who dragged through Chaucer and Milton, Dickinson and Plath in any standard English-lit course has got to be surprised by this news: Poetry reading is up in America while reading books for ...