Elizabeth was first inspired to write poetry about nature by teacher Mr Wood at St Mary and St John’s RC Primary School in ...

When David Harrison originally asked me to write my first column for “Poetry from Daily Life,” I spoke of Harry Bliss’ New Yorker cartoon: he draws a lady introducing her son as a poet. The folks ...

Many years ago I heard some marvelous advice from the co-director of the UCLA Writing Project, Jane Hancock, about choosing the right words. She was speaking of prose, but I think it’s extra-good ...

Jacinta White, a poet in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, started the Word Project as a way to help youth tell their stories through poetry. She conducts workshops designed to bridge social divisions ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Every April since its inception in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets, National ...

Read the five works contending for $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts and a Banff Centre writing residency. The ...

Connie Voisine has been a professor of poetry at New Mexico State University since 2001. Last month she was among seven ...

In a joint interview on the Soapy podcast with his co-star Lisa Yamada ( Who teased her role in Elle. ), Weissmann opened up ...

Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Dale Bailey lived with silent guilt for 19 years after witnessing a fellow airman’s death.

On Sunday, Nov. 16, members of Stillpoint Literary Magazine joined the Athens community for a night of poetry readings, ...

The shortlist for New Irish Writing’s 2025 awards has been revealed. This year’s winners – one for best short story, one for best poetry – will be chosen by novelist Eoin McNamee and the poet Enda ...