The initial inspiration for writer Mary Mackey’s poetry came from an unexpected place: the brink of death. As a child, she experienced life-threatening fevers that brought her temperature up to nearly ...

Before Joy Harjo became a renowned poet, artist and editor, she was a quiet child who was more likely to take in the world from the sidelines than become the center of attention. But in a powerful - ...

FARGO - Poetry is more than an act of self-expression for writer Emily Vieweg. It's what empowers her to make sense of her world and find inspiration in what she calls the "beauty of the mundane." ...

In a recent letter to the editor, Ludlow resident Marcia J. Hill wrote, “Inauguration Day was a celebration of possibilities. There was poetry, there was music, there was an affirmation of our ...

NEW YORK, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — “It was as if there was no difference between clouds, building shadows, and asphalt. Everything was one–blanketed in the ashy stillness of silence.” Natalie ...

The rainy weather didn’t deter a sold-out crowd from showing up for poet and activist Amanda Gorman’s appearance Tuesday night in the Center for the Arts to close the 2023-24 edition of UB’s ...

Mag Gabbert was named Dallas’ second poet laureate in April. The Pushcart Prize winner is a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and now teaches at SMU.

Before Joy Harjo became a renowned poet, artist and editor, she was a quiet child who was more likely to take in the world from the sidelines than become the center of attention. But in a powerful - ...