and drummer Steve Jordan to back all the singers. Jarmusch will be reading from some of Smith’s writings and poetry. Produced by Michael Dorf Presents, the concert also marks the 20th edition of ...

It was like poetry in motion on the football field ... "He loves arguing, like debate-style," Jordan Mailata said. "'Bring your arguments, have facts, have links and then we can talk.'" ...

Michael Doucet is breaking out his fiddle to join former Louisiana Poet Laureate John Warner Smith in a first-ever ...

Deep South, a small publisher with big influence, has expanded its website with easy-to-access information about its poets ...

Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long ...

Gorman, 26, rose to literary stardom as a teen herself: In 2015, she published the poetry book “The One for Whom Food is Not Enough.” In 2017, she became the first winner of the National Youth ...

Both were outstanding poets in their languages, focusing their poetry on the oppressed and disenfranchised in their communities. According to the German playwright and poet Bertolt Brecht, ...

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 ...

Renowned poet and Los Angeles native Amanda Gorman has ... Amna Nawaz spoke with Gorman about how the poem came to be and her new children’s book, “Girls on the Rise.” And before we go ...