Gov. Maura T. Healey signed an executive order creating the first-ever poet laureate of Massachusetts earlier this month.
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Is poetry useless?
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts may have a better right than any other state to call itself “the poetry state.” Celebrated poets from Emily Dickinson and Ralph Waldo Emerson to Elizabeth Bishop and ...
By Brianne Sanchez for Arts Midwest. Broadcast version by Mark Moran for Iowa News Service reporting for the Arts ...
Old O’Connor Hall welcomed Binghamton alumni Nathan Lipps Ph.D. ‘19 and Leah Umansky ‘02 for an insightful poetry reading, ...
Though I read everything from memoirs to romantasy, there is one genre in particular that haunted me for a long time: poetry. In my sophomore year of college, I took a creative writing class and was ...
Jim Armstrong will speak at the 10 a.m. Sunday Service of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Winona on February 16. His talk is titled “What does it mean to dedicate ...
Aging is a natural part of life, and for many, that journey includes dementia. As cognitive abilities shift, what remains most valuable is the present ...
“Poetry is a raw portrayal of the human experience,” Ozturk ... Kimbrell offered a more personal anecdote when asked what fuels his creative process as a poet. “I taught abroad in Korea and there is ...
SINGAPORE - Having creative skills pays off, even if one is not in a job role that is traditionally part of the creative sector. A report by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) that outlines priority ...
Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...
Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Poems aren’t pictures, but sometimes they try to make us see, and to make us feel in ways we might associate ...
We are raised. This was my experience as I wrote the poem "Gas Planting" a few years ago, back in 2021. I had been kindly and generously offered the opportunity to construct a poem as a part of a ...