Illinois poet laureate Angela Jackson will visit Springfield over five days in March as part of a week of programs honoring the 20th anniversary of Poetry Out Loud, according to Springfield Area Arts ...

If you're looking to make plans, we've got you covered! Things To Do rounds up local events happening this week in Fall River ...

Burton Library is hosting a series of events to welcome the community into its new-look space. Live music, an audience with popular sports journalists and a free book give away for World Book Day are ...

Roderick Thomas was struggling to find a topic for the return of Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church’s community-wide Black History Month program following a two-year hiatus. Over the decade before the break ...

As Mike Carey points out, Arundel’s Victoria Institute was “created as a co-operative bank for working men as a vehicle for ...

Or triumphant. The poem’s most poignant feature may be the soldier’s optimism, his faith in what comes after hell. He insists ...

Gerd Stern, who has died at 96, formed a lifelong bond with Allen Ginsberg and Carl Solomon. Ten years ago, he wrote about ...

February is National Haiku Writing Month. The website nahaiwrimo.com urges us to write one haiku a day for the month of February. "Why February? Because it’s the shortest month, for the world’s ...

Also: the psychodramas of Father John Misty, a humble “Henry IV,” the return of the Flamenco Festival, and more.

It is twilight, in the sense  that there is no Day or Night; only the fluttering of wings. Being kissed awake is tender as birth is confusing. There is no separation; only                 the ...