A new generation of poets, essayists, memoirists, and novelists is narrating stories of severed connections and exploitation—both their own and the Earth’s. In the winter of 2021, still very much in ...

Will Taylor Swift’s 11th studio album “The Tortured Poets Department” usher in a new era of poetry appreciation? Delaney Atkins, a part-time instructor at Austin Peay State University who teaches a ...

Update, 5 p.m.: The City Council will appoint Rodney Jordan, Noelle Gabriel and Joseph Lindsey to the Norfolk Public School Board, according to Mayor Paul Fraim. In 2008, as a graduate student at Old ...

Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...

NAME: A. Van Jordan | AGE: 43 | HOMETOWN: Austin | QUALIFICATIONS: Has written three volumes of poetry, Rise (2001), MACNOLIA (2004), and Quantum Lyrics (2007) / Received the coveted Whiting Writers’ ...

Op-ed: To prepare students for the complexities of community work, two educators turn to creative writing to help ignite ...

"How do we enter the poem?" That's the first question poets are asked to consider for their readers. When reworking and formatting, before the line breaks or last word, the poet must find a way into ...

Source: https://pixabay.com/en/poetry-poetry-album-old-font-poem-720609/ For years, psychotherapists have suggested poetry as a way to navigate difficult times. This ...

When you fall in love, you sort of losing all rationality. So, you have to really think when it comes to writing poetry. Whether you're in a relationship or you're hoping to be in one with someone in ...

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