We deserve to be on the big stages the way stand-up comedians are,” said Des Moines poet Kelsey Bigelow. “We’re using our stories and our voices. It’s just in a […] ...

FSU poetry professor James Kimbrell headlined The Jerome Stern Reading Series at The Bark, sharing work from his latest collection of poems.

Jerry Villere leads the newest book library book club, which meets at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon, ...

Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

Elizabeth Willis, since arriving on the University of Iowa campus a decade ago, has come to epitomize the iconic and esteemed ...

This student has wanted to be a writer for about as long as she can remember. Now, she has the chance to attend a two-week writing workshop at a Portland ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

Antonios Matesis (the author of Vasilikos), Georgios Tertsetis, Dionysios Tagiapieras (a physician and supporter of the dimotiki), Nikolaos Lountzis and Solomos used to gather in each other’s homes ...

On the south side of the river / inside a mossy grove / they say there lives a boy / with pockets full of gold… So begins a ...

Anpotowin Jensen will launch "Hero Dreams Shine" this spring. The book is a collection of 45 poems focusing on themes of Indigneous rescilience and self-empowerment with science woven throughout.

Angela Bauer has been a copy editor and lifestyles editor for the Journal-Courier since July 2012. The Evansville, Indiana, ...

Twenty students from Spokane-area schools will be showcasing their art in the annual Black Voices Symposium event on Monday, ...