Frank Stanford, who killed himself at age 29, died far too young. Thanks to writer James McWilliams, the legendary Arkansas poet's short but colorful life is now documented in a monumental biography.

Through television, Moyers connected Americans with poets at street level, an especially valuable gift since few of us get to ...

Bill Moyers, who died last month at 91, will be remembered for his work as a top aide to President Lyndon B. Johnson and a ...

Poetry has been an essential part of many countries’ popular culture for centuries. Italy, Russia, Iran, Chile, Poland, and Nicaragua are good examples, to name just a few. In these places, professors ...

A former Rockford resident says living in the city inspired him to write again after a 15-year hiatus. He took these ...

Haiku written by local children as part of the Rain Poetry project by nonprofit PA Humanities will soon be displayed on ...

The Loveland Opera Theatre will give a free show Friday night at the Foundry Plaza, and an opening reception for a city ...

My writing during these past five years is filled with memories of my long journey with God over a lifetime; but very ...

There’s a special kind of magic that happens when we open a book.

First is a novel by the Algerian novelist Yasmina Khadra, perhaps best known for his book The Swallows of Kabul. Except I’m not reading that - I’m reading The Angels Die. I first picked up this book ...

Poet Mary Jo Bang has spent the last two decades translating the three books of Dante's Divine Comedy. Purgatorio is the ...

LEE LEVOY I begin each day in stillness but on this spring morning a fawn startles me appearing incredibly close raising her ...