Michael Longley is a master of his craft, known for his compact, meditative lyrics that explore themes of love, violence, ...

These ten poems encapsulate Nikki Giovanni’s wisdom, wit, and unyielding spirit. Each piece offers a unique perspective on ...

Brevity, Shakespeare tells us, is the soul of wit. Yet concision needn’t come at the expense of depth, as the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s shortish program on Thursday night demonstrated.

Samantha Fain and Téa Franco served as co-editors for 2022 book “Kiss Your Darlings: A Taylor Swift Anthology.” ...

Walcott Prize winner announced. The local Arrowsmith Press, in conjunction with the Derek Walcott Festival in Trinidad, has ...

From love poems for her and love poems for him to words exploring issues of unity and injustice, gender and race, the best poem books explore all aspects of life.

Dorothy Parker, the sharp-tongued wit of the Jazz Age, remains one of America’s most fascinating literary figures. In WIT & ...

Ghassan Zaqtan’s 'Strangers in Light Coats' is a powerful collection of poems about memory, loss, and the struggles of ...

Jodie Kennedy, an Oak Park and River Forest High School graduate, just published her first book, “Clumsy Beauty.” ...

San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye has added one more award to her long list of prestigious honors: The Wallace Stevens Award ...

It is October. Everything is overturning,” writes Hannah Bonner in her debut book of poetry, Another Woman. “I pack a ...

Her story collection, ”Bear Down, Bear North ... Taking on a novel means taking on a much larger narrative arc than a short story. The scope is so much bigger and there are so many narrative threads ...