Aside from this poetry book from Jose Rizal, the Leon Gallery is also auctioning paintings, glass sculptures, and Manuel ...

Local poet Ellen Bass spoke from the lectern as more than 500 people filled the Merrill Cultural Center at UC Santa Cruz last ...

The Sacramento Poetry Center hosted a two-day open-mic gathering featuring artists and community members delivering political and personal readings, art exhibits, and discussions in response to a ...

These books just nabbed National Book Awards, among the most coveted prizes in the literary world. How many have you read?

Contributing writer for The Prospect Michael Grasso details Princeton professor in creative writing Patricia Smith’s ...

The Intentions of Thunder” includes poems from Smith’s nine collections, as well as new and previously uncollected poems that ...

The night’s honorees expressed gratitude for prizes bestowed and for literature itself, and horror and disenchantment at the ...

The 76th National Book Awards was a night of sobering speeches, soft acoustic performances and bookworms getting down on the dance floor.

UNC English and comparative literature Professor Calvocoressi sits on the front steps of Bingham Hall on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. Professor Calvocoressi is a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award ...

Tiana Clark, Smith College’s Grace Hazard Conkling Writer-in-Residence, has been named a finalist for the 2025 National Book Award for Poetry for her new collection, Scorched Earth. Published earlier ...

Our unique Red Hills and coast-sweeping Big Bend biosphere anchor deeply considered poem-makers. A short list collects Rick Campbell, Virgil Suarez, Sandra Simonds, Barbara Hamby, David Kirby, Mary ...

If there’s one thing Donald Trump’s supporters and critics can agree on, it might be this: the former president is masterful at tweeting. One fan believes Trump’s musing on X, formerly Twitter, is ...