
Book Club: Amanda Gorman joins us at the Book Festival
Hello and welcome to the LA Times Book Club newsletter.Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman entered the…
Hello and welcome to the LA Times Book Club newsletter.Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman entered the…
There is a nationwide effort to get more poetry, diverse and anti-racism books into the…
Remember the rhyme: April showers bring May flowers? That’s not why the Academy of American…
The month of March is recognized as women’s history month and is dedicated to celebrating…
A poet’s job is to find the exact word to convey a feeling, but David…
By Elva K. Austria Once, a long time ago, I accompanied my uncle Nils to…
More than 800 people from all over the world came to listen to Ukrainian poetry…
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Langston Hughes was not only a famous black poet, novelist, playwright, and journalist who helped…
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center launches new prize awarding $10,000 in competitions and scholarships to…
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Following an academic career, Maria Wells of Austin, Texas, features poetry and art in her…
Beacon Press will publish an expanded and updated edition of “The Blooming of a Lotus”…
PR NewswireSAN FRANCISCO, February 7, 2022Powerful stories are shared through the virtual AIDS Memorial Quilt…
Welcome to the latest issue of Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary…
FARGO — For nearly 50 years, poet Joy Harjo has written and spoken about the…
Inspired by Brandon Stanton The humans of New York, Daily photographers traveled to campus to…
It took about a decade for all the stars to align for Erick Oh to…
Having recently published his diaries covering the years 1974-2014, Waterford-born poet Thomas McCarthy admits that…
Lester K. Weiner March 28, 1935 – January 1, 2022 Amesbury – Les Weiner was…
The Leadership Awards for Research and Creative Work were created last year to honor newly…
Remember the words of Walt Whitman and hear America sing together.(Matt Rourke | AP Photo)…
It’s told like this: Amanda Gorman performed at the grand opening and the rest is…
TULSA, Oklahoma., January 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo has been named…
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Jauthor Zora Neale Hurston once joked, “I’m the only Negro in the United States whose…
“I never met her, but I always felt like I had this kind of mysterious…
Macarena owner Luz Bianchi’s written works are an ode to love for allMIAMI, January 14,…
Aga Popęda here with a bunch of virtual balloons for Robinson Jeffers, who — the…
A historic new coin featuring famous African-American poet Maya Angelou has been released by the…
Berthiaume couldn’t help but think of Floyd, his loved ones, and the black community, as…
PictureStudents and staff at public schools in Clayton County, Ga. Waited in a line of…
Welcome to the latest issue of Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly summary of Caribbean literary…
Cole Schafer’s pen name January Black is Id Rampage. In her second collection of poetry,…
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Justin Bibb’s swearing-in ceremony as the 58th mayor of Cleveland on Saturday…
Maine Media Workshops + College partners with The Poets Corner to host Poetry Prize. The…
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FAMILY and friends gathered in York to celebrate the life of a York man described…
Source: courtesy Roswell Park James Holland became a doctor because of what he called “a…
Poet Amanda Gorman reads her commissioned poem “The Hill We Go Up” during the 59th…
During the 1970s, despite an industry dominated by men, women writers began to occupy a…
SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – Looking for new books to read as you ring in the…
It all started with a bang, the sound of metal crashing onto the sidewalks of…
It was a cheerful night in May 2007 and the large crowd at Dublin City…
SYDNEY, NS – Rebecca Thomas knows the power of language. The award-winning poet is the…
All of the best research of 2021 had something to do with COVID-19, and that…
Academic Adrienne Leavy, writing in The Irish Times, saw Mr. Kinsella’s poetic career split into…
Health comes first, of course. But for Tolu Oloruntoba, the separation induced by the pandemic…
Thom Gunn was at the forefront of the development of what has become LGBT San…
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Of the many reasons to write memoirs, the realization that the government might decide to…
When Arooj Aftab was in high school, she learned to play guitar, recorded herself singing…
I consider the translation of literary works to be a great service to humanity, but…
In 1992 he sent his song recording to All India Radio, New Delhi with the…
TPR’s Book Public host, Yvette Benavides, highlights her favorite books and authors which have been…
December 16, 2021 English teacher Jennifer Grotz co-translated poems by Polish poet Jerzy Ficowski, and…
Congratulations to Emma Tobin from Newbridge, one of the two winners of the inaugural Eavan…
Books are some of the most acceptable gifts we can give to others, especially children.…
Media headlines December 14 In today’s media, charges against CNN producer for inciting minors to…
Dover400 concludes lecture series with “Voices From the Cemetery”DOVER – Dover400, a residents’ committee that…
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Etihad Rail will not only help transform our economic life; it will add a little…
Zilka Joseph resides in Ann Arbor, but the poet’s work draws inspiration from her Indian…
The life and legacy of Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde resonated with the students,…
“Day 0: a blue whale. that’s what you look like, you know: a meaty humpback…
Aftergut is a former federal prosecutor in San Francisco.The oft-recited ending of TS Eliot’s famous…
When are you going to write a proper book? It’s a question most children’s writers…
LOS ANGELES, December 6, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Diane Luby Lane, Founder of Get…
NORTHAMPTON – A few weeks ago, Valley poet Martín Espada took home gold with a…
In 2019, Wisdom Dafinone launched its first set of three poetry books at the Institute…
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If you’ve managed to recover from last week’s turkey coma, you might be looking for…
The voice of a longtime activist and poet will resonate in downtown Terre Haute.Thomas G.…
Host Joy Bivins and guest Nikole Hannah-Jones. Photo by David Kindler / Chicago Humanities Festival.…
On the bookshelf Disorientation: being black in the world By Ian WilliamsEurope: 224 pages, $…
Names of American servicemen killed at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 (Photo by Razak…
I remember the first time we wrote our own poetry in my middle school class.…
By Jonny Lupsha, News Editor According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the…
You never know where the inspiration will strike. This is something that North Kildonan writer…
Emma’s poem Over the Tannoy is a conversation through time with her great-grandfather, a coal…
If Etel Adnan’s poetry and prose were characterized by the sad evocation of the turbulent…
(MENAFN- The Post) No matter how great a work of art, it first happens to…
Robert Bly, the National Book Award winning poet who began writing bucolic poems about rural…
Terry wooten I was 15 years old and I was in the study room on…
SALISBURY – Danielle Sydnor of the Rise Together Innovation Center says the death of George…
Chinua Achebe By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu A review of There was a man – Chinua…
One icon is seen against the setting of another in the week The poets’ corner…
After meeting with his Turkish counterpart, the Iranian foreign minister said the road map will…
Again and again, “The 1619 Project” brings the past to life in new ways. I…
The poetry program, presented by Olivia O’Leary, returns for a new fall season on Sunday…
Claire Tomalin’s latest biography, “The Young HG Wells: Changing the World”, is written simply, full…
The University of the Pacific Guest Writers Series welcomed three-term poet laureate from the United…
In 2015, Robert Weil, editor-in-chief of WW Norton / Liveright, invited Paul Muldoon to a…
Poet Brendan Kennelly, who died at the age of 85, invited readers to embrace and…
“What horrifies me the most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising and…
India’s experience with the COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly severe, with the second wave taking…
Dean Tawwater, owner of Tawwater Sign Co., spent a week painting the mural from the…
Tom Keneally only has to step outside his home office, where he writes his bestselling…
While researching her family ties in Ottawa, Evanston’s poet Ann Hudson “stumbled upon” inspiration for…
by David P. Barash David P. Barash is Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington…
TEHRAN – The Bratislava Biennial of Illustrations (BIB) in Czech honored Iranian artists Ghazal Fathollahi…
October 17 — Julie Robinson kept a century-old poem folded in her wallet on Saturday…
Sam Eldessouky will succeed Paul S. Herendeen as CFO, effective June 1, 2021 Herendeen will…
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