Messages of hope and inspiration despite despair are carefully crafted within the world of poetry and prose, with words flying off the page and into one’s imagination. To bring the page-to-life ...

The critic William Hazlitt (1778–1830), known best in his lifetime for his writing on Shakespeare, was a jack of all trades and a master of none too few, trying his deft hand at painting, philosophy, ...

COLUMBUS, Ind. — The Columbus Area Arts Council will have a special “Open Mic Poetry & Prose” event from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Hotel Indigo. Local poet Skye Nicholson will host the evening, ...

What a great way to start a new literary year. Six poets laureate from across Minnesota will participate Thursday in the ...

"If I must die, let it bring hope, let it be a tale." This rich, elegiac compilation of work from the late Palestinian poet and professor, Refaat Alareer, brings together his marvelous poetry and ...

Who glorifies poets better than Latin American novelists? For Roberto Bolaño, Valeria Luiselli, César Aira, Isabel Allende, and José Lezama Lima, bards are politically oppressed geniuses, horny teens, ...

Christopher Sheard (L) and Leah Karpel in Dear Elizabeth at Remy Bumppo Credit: Nomee Photography Through 11/17: Thu–Fri 7:30 PM, Sat 2:30 and 7:30 PM, Sun 2:30 PM; also Thu 11/7 2:30 PM (audio ...

Puerto Rican poet and playwright Miguel Algarín, who founded the groundbreaking Nuyorican Poets Café out of his Lower East Side apartment, and attracted an outspoken collection of artists and ...

IT IS usually dangerous for anyone whose gift is one art to attempt to follow another. The pitfalls of following poetry when your gift is prose are obvious enough to ...