On Sunday, thousands of writers and artists rallied across the country in defense of freedom of speech and to protest the political discourse of President-elect Donald Trump. Their mission, according ...

Nothing goes better with poetry than pie ... or is that pi? Next Saturday’s date is 3.14 — the same as the first three numbers of what is likely the world’s most well-known irrational ...

The weekly Writers’ Block Poetry Night has some elements you might expect. At a recent show, many poets signed up to read pieces on grief and identity, generating snaps and applause from the audience.

Twenty-eight million American adults read poetry this year -- the highest percentage of poetry readership in more than 15 years, according to a survey of arts participation conducted by the National ...

There was a time, not too long ago, when many people could only name one, maybe two, poets – often a long-dead White man named William Shakespeare, Robert Frost or Walt Whitman. Meanwhile, the Lincoln ...

Of course, I didn’t listen and tried to partake in everything the conference offered, from the early morning classes to the talent show and the pirate workshops, which often lingered into the wee ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi’s Poet Laureate Catherine Pierce will host the Mississippi Young Writers Poetry Festival, a culmination of her statewide K-12 poetry-writing initiative and competition My ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. Kim Roberts: It’s very ...

Thom Tammaro was 14 when he discovered Bob Dylan. Sitting on his bed listening to Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited,” he’d move the needle to play “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” and “Desolation Row” over ...

Poetry isn’t as popular as it used to be. However, it’s still one of the most important and creative forms of literature. As it turns out, it’s fairly difficult to mess up a poetry app, apparently.

When artist Alfred Hutty first came to Charleston in 1919, he sent an oft-repeated message to his wife, “Come quickly. Have found heaven.” These days, Holy City open mic poetry nights are a haven for ...