Poetry had never before brought me so much laughter, nor had it ever been written in real time before me. I had always wondered about that — about what it would be like to speak-write a poem or short ...

The Poet’s Tree is an online weekly event hosted by Old Globe Teaching Artist and spoken word poet Gill Sotu. It takes a deep dive into the world of modern poetry and offers interviews as well as ...

The poet laureate of the United States—an official appointed by the Library of Congress to promote the reading and writing of poetry in America—seems an odd and irrelevant functionary for a Britney ...

I have had this poet in my tickler file for several months now, waiting for the release of his new poetry book. “Threads of Resilience: Weaving the Human Spirit Through Poetry” was officially launched ...

Airea D. Matthews is the 2022-2023 Poet laureate of The City of Philadelphia. (Courtesy of Wes Matthews) In 2020, poet AIREA D. MATTHEWS was awarded a Pew Fellowship and joined the Radio Times ...

Oprah Winfrey will sit down with poet laureate Amanda Gorman for “The Oprah Conversation” on Apple TV Plus on Friday. The 23-year-old poet, author and activist became an instant sensation when she ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet and star of President Joe Biden's inauguration, has met Michelle Obama only three times, most recently on Inauguration Day. But she left a lasting impression on the ...

We asked ex-entrepreneur William Sieghart, who anthologized poems by writers from Rumi to JRR Tolkien in 'The Poetry Pharmacy ...

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 ...