Simone White doing a guerrilla reading at the Museum of Modern Art (all photos © Lawrence Schwartzwald, used with permission; no reproduction without express ...

As the year draws to a close, we asked a few NPR reporters to reflect on their favorite pieces of tape from 2006. Debbie Elliott kicks it off with a look back at her interview with the poet Jack ...

Ashley M. Jones, an alumna of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of English, was recently appointed to serve as the next Poet Laureate of Alabama. She holds an MFA from Florida ...

When its doors opened in 1966, The Poetry Project was intended to inspire cross-generational conversations between writers in a space that felt safe and artistically generative during a time of social ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A local restaurant is looking forward to their first poetry night featuring an award winning poet and it’s an event you don’t want to miss. KB Cafe Owner Katherine Bernard and ...

For award-winning artist Amanda Shea, spoken word poetry is more than just performance; it’s transcendent. “It’s an invitation to the spirit,” Shea said on GBH’s Under the Radar. “It’s also an ...

A new tribute album offers musical interpretations of Ginsberg's poems. The poet and countercultural activist spoke to Terry Gross in 1994 about his poem "Howl," which was inspired by his mother.

Caballero giving the first digital poetry performance at Art Genève, hosted by Giga/UNICEF. Photo: Marc Bader, 2025 The biggest downside to being an editor when you launched your career as a writer is ...

My Lola once improvised a poem for me Jan. 24, 2021. We were talking on the phone, and a colloquial conversation about her life in the Philippines for a piece in my high school newspaper became a two ...

'Ibo's Landing: A Novel' Catherine Burroughs of Edisto Island has penned a novel called "Ibo's Landing," a reference to the 1802 ship mutiny by captured Africans, many of whom then drowned themselves ...

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