“The churning, burning world needs poets,” Wharton said. “Poets express the human experience in lyrical words. Metaphor in ...

February, and the events of this year so far have not inspired much optimism. Diversity, equity and inclusion programs are being slashed, hundreds of people have lost their homes to fires and members ...

Contra Costa County Poetry Out Loud champion Olivia Buhlman will next compete in the state finals in Sacramento.

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 ...

TAKE A BUS THROUGH BALTIMORE. THAT’S A LONG WALK AND SUPPORT BLACK OWNED AND SMALL BUSINESSES WITH THE BOP PASS. IT’S IMPORTANT FOR US, FOR OUR VISITORS AS WELL AS OUR RESIDENTS, TO REALLY TO ...

The director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has resigned from her position, while a Biden-era executive order that sought to phase out the use of private prisons has been repealed amid ...

Kidz Bop 50 is here, marking the latest of the enduring brand’s kid-friendly sanitization of pop music. The first Kidz Bop albums included millennial anthems such as “Bye Bye Bye” and “All ...

All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...