In a room full of strangers, sometimes it can be intimidating to speak up, much less read aloud poetry written less than 10 minutes prior. At the Spoken Word event, hosted by the Woodrick Center for ...

A 400-page anthology of the poetry of Mir Taqi Mir, presented in Urdu, Hindi and English alongside an insightful commentary, makes the 18th century poet’s work more accessible to the contemporary Angl ...

The poem “How to Fight the Fascists” is a rallying cry for unity and a sermon on the power of kindness. Rather than spreading hate, Gate asks to, “be a castle for the poor” and “together we are a ...

I believe that poetry is freedom. It is freedom of self, of expression, of love — and I believe that my poetry is my dignity.

Examining the difficulties in training LLMs to handle contemporary creative writing styles. Julia Cameron, a renowned American writer, argues in her book The Artist’s Way that creativity is not an ...

Medland, poetry is more than just words. For her, it’s a chance for everyone to “breathe” in today’s harried world. “Any art ...

Paris celebrated the poetic spirit of the Chinese New Year as the "Odes to Spring" Sino-Foreign Poetry Exchange took place at the China Cultural Center in Paris on Feb 21, 2026. Nearly 100 guests from ...

Edgar Allan Poe wrote about lost love and ravens, but he never got to experience his own poetry transformed into a restaurant ...

"Far from a free and open commons, scrolling on social media is more like walking through Times Square and looking up at the ...

When Sam Beam made the last Iron & Wine album, 2024’s Light Verse, he chose to name it after a form of poetry centered on levity, amusement, and joy. But that title is a misnomer, a bait-and-switch; ...

Whitney French tried — repeatedly — to write her new book as a conventional novel. It didn’t work.

Bible verses once thought to offer clear moral guidance now fuel some of America's most bitter debates over ...