Ashley M. Jones, the Poet Laureate of Alabama, looks forward to sharing her poetry as part of the Hoag Lecture Series at the ...

As Cuba stands to become even more isolated, many Cubans continue to leave and those who stay remain cut off from family in the United States. Carlos Varela, a singer known as “The Poet of Havana,” ...

Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Drivescape Revisited I hunch over my steering wheel Traffic jammed and damned unhappy Snarling, sweating, ...

Seeger was shaped by the 1930s, Baez by the 1960s, and both, like Dylan, had a moment of decision that defined their ...

"We all engage in small and large acts of translation every day," she said of her work as a Haitian-born writer in "a city of immigrants" and "a nation of immigrants." ...

A conversation with Mark Strand, who won this year's Pulitzer for poetry for his book Blizzard of One. Seasons serve as backdrop to Charles Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning collection Charles ...

Four diverse and fiercely talented women composer-pianists will perform a new work that features four grand pianos surrounded ...

The Art Institute of Chicago will host an impactful conversation with Julieanna Richardson aimed at honoring the late Nikki Giovanni.

February is Black History Month, and the Anderson County Library System has a variety of informative programs, from an insightful author talk with Herb Frazier to an inspiring afternoon with spoken ...

PBS, NPR and The London Review of Books all agree ... The Times Literary Supplement, the Poetry Foundation and Fortnight, which referred to the book as “a 955-page block of pure gold.” It had been 60 ...

A sampling of some worthwhile 2024 picture books that didn’t make it into the column last year but, nevertheless, deserve ...

Other events include a showing of PBS's "Black Memorabilia" documentary ... Attendees will experience Black's powerful performance of poetry and storytelling to celebrate the richness of Black ...