Sonia Sanchez is one of the most powerful voices in American poetry, a literary giant whose work spans decades of activism, ...

Today, 5 February, is World Read Aloud Day (WRAD). The Publishers’ Association of South Africa (PASA) and Nal’ibali, South Africa’s reading-for-enjoyment campaign, invite you to help spread a love of ...

Bronx poet Roya Marsh is celebrating the Feb. 4 release of her second collection, “savings time,” described as a “love letter ...

Poetry in the Natural World,” features 50 poems by 50 poets from across the country edited by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón.

And, of course, escapism is a supply-and-demand business. As the world requires more of the people in it, it also offers more ...

The travel writer and novelist on ignoring woke politics, smoking opium in Afghanistan and the book that broke his marriage ...

Ugandan comedy was once feted as the wave of the future. Today, English-speaking comedians have retreated, with Ugandan jokesters declaring they make more money from paying audiences abroad ...

By CAROLYN BROWN Staff Writer Peter Gizzi, professor of poetry at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently won the ...

"All That We Ask of You Is To Always Be Happy," Durham poet Bridget Bell's debut collection, comes out on February 4.

With the dawn of a ceasefire in Gaza, the writer reflects on collections by Palestinian poets that don’t lose sight of love ...

Discover how a dandelion grows from a delicate fluffy seed into a bright yellow flower, enjoy beautiful poems which lift the ...

Through poetry, Ariv Gupta shows how being your true self is the key to connection. The third-year computer science student ...