Every so often some jackass from a conservative outlet will point to government expenditure on poets as a sign that spending is out of control. Two years ago, KIRO ran a story headlined “City will pay ...

February is all about celebrating Black history, and throughout the month we'll be honoring influential African Americans whose stories you might not yet know. Some are pioneers in their field, some ...

Poets love to define poetry. And because poetry is so difficult to define, the definitions tend to be allusive and ambiguous. And yet, I love them, because they are also wonderfully alluring. "Poetry ...

Poets who write the poetry of poise have an interest in the clarity of discovery, a desire to be immersed in the lyric values of the past in order to communicate with the future, and also a belief ...

The face of radicalism has changed dramatically since its former "dirty, bomb-throwing" image, according to celebrated poet Allen Ginsberg. And last night, Ginsberg, and colleagues Robert Creeley and ...

Urdu poetry has always lived through the human voice. Its power lies not just in what is said, but in how it sounds ...

On December 10, 1963, Greek diplomat and poet Giorgos Seferis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature by King Gustav of ...

Discover the readings that define the city's storytelling culture—from basement shows to marquee bookshop events.

Known by many as the preeminent poet of Long Beach, Gerald Locklin was perhaps even more esteemed among those who knew him as Professor. Over half a century, Locklin was a defining literary voice on ...

Often the first things to come to mind when we think of wellness and self-care are physical and psychological states and the tools available to help us achieve goals in feeling good and thinking ...

THE truest definition of a gentleman is that he is a man who loves his work. This is also the truest definition of a poet. The man who loves his work is a poet because he expresses delight in that ...