A researcher — who was looking for something else — stumbled onto two poems by Virginia Woolf. The silly, punny, quickly ...

From Sylvia Plath to Jack Kerouac, these writers inspired the likes of David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Lana Del Rey and The Beatles ...

Playwright Marisela Treviño Orta, like many movie lovers, is a fan of “Harold and Maude,” Hal Ashby’s 1971 movie about a death-obsessed youth (Bud Cort) who falls for a free-spirited septuagenarian ...

Thinking about my friend, a poem came to mind. James Crews wrote about a winter wren who made her nest in his tractor. The ...

The show culminated with a song in the round, the children spread throughout the entire auditorium singing: “Round and round ...

Mary Ann McFadden was inaugurated as the newly chosen poet laureate of Ventura County at a ceremony on Sunday, Jan. 12, at ...

Nila, the 19-year-old protagonist of Aria Aber’s debut novel, Good Girl, will be eminently recognizable to readers of ...

Dove had stumbled upon George Augustus Bridgetower, a mixed-race violinist who had 15 minutes of fame and then was written out of history. In 2009, after extensive research and exploration, Dove ...

Just when we thought things were looking up in downtown San Jose came the news Monday that Mama Kin, the restaurant and music ...

In his new book of poetry, […], the poet, translator, and ER doctor explores Palestinians’ experiences of exile and displacement—and the difficulty of healing amid the ongoing Nakba.

During Monday's show, his "Today" co-hosts celebrated Melvin's new role with an emotional tribute and some big surprises.

One of the great New Orleans-produced poets, Nicole Cooley is a master of the narratively themed collection. “The Afflicted Girls,” her 2004 volume about the Salem Witch Trials, is an unsung gem of a ...