COMMENTARY: Great literature shows us who we are. It is like a mirror that shows us ourselves. It shows us our character, our ...

A month before COVID struck, I took a course in writing poetry. I chose poetry for the same reason I might have chosen opera ...

Kernersville’s Stan Lake, a writer, photographer, naturalist and military veteran, has led an interesting life and like his ...

The inner and outer forecasts don’t always match up. This short poem by Louise Glück starts out cold and stays that way for ...

From daring contemporary collections to the long-awaited definitive edition from one of the major poets of the 20th century, ...

Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry columns appear four times a year.

Don't let 2025 end without finishing your New Year's resolution to read more. Check out these short books from fiction to ...

Arthur Sze, the national poet laureate appointed by the Library of Congress last month, visited Queens College, in Flushing, ...

Centrum has joined with Poetry on the Salish Sea to present a poetry reading and celebration of Copper Canyon Press poets at ...

As an Irish man living abroad, the poet has cropped up again and again in different times and places of my life ...

Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks ...

Fredrik Backman’s storytelling borders on poetry, and his newest novel “My Friends” is no exception. My friends is actually a ...