By Jan Worth-Nelson Lately, I’ve been renegotiating with the dark. Darkness gets a bad rap, including in my own mind. Each ...

FRANK in front of Drinnen und Draussen For 30 years, Frank D’Angelo worked with pizzas, frying sausages in garlic and fennel ...

Reginald Gibbons — a renowned poet, literary critic and Northwestern University professor — wrote the following poem for the ...

Acclaimed San Antonio writer Naomi Shihab Nye talks about the “clarifying” power of poetry and why it’s needed in turbulent ...

The University of Connecticut’s creative writing program hosted their second Long River Reading Series (LRRS) event of the year on Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the Austin Building’s Stern Lounge.

When I began to listen to poetry, it’s when I began to listen to the stones, and I began to listen to what the clouds had to say, and I began to listen to others. And I think, most importantly for all ...

Sometimes, the right book shows up just at the right time. Our book critic encountered two such books this week: Water, Water ...

A stand-up and sketch comedy writer and actor, Ilana Long studied improv and performed at The Second ... Between the sweet ...

Childhood is a magical time, a period of wonder and innocence. It's a time when we explore the world with curious eyes and ...

The week Edith D.C. Murphy was born, there were parades every day down Monroe Street. Not for the new baby, but celebrating ...

Any anthology is a product of its editor’s decisions. In “ 100 Great Catholic Poems ” (Word on Fire, $34.95), editor Sally ...

Thanksgiving poems full of gratitude Thanksgiving often inspires us to get a little poetic. Thinking and speaking about the ...