One of the great New Orleans-produced poets, Nicole Cooley is a master of the narratively themed collection. “The Afflicted Girls,” her 2004 volume about the Salem Witch Trials, is an unsung gem of a ...

Language carries a people’s culture, and culture is the backbone of societal aspirations. Loss of language equates to loss of ...

At the end of 2024 South African poet Ingrid de Kok published Unleaving, a significant collection of substantial new poems.

A callous killer who was given the green light to undergo IVF treatment while behind bars has penned a disturbing poem ...

Languishing in a dungeon cell of Syria’s then-ruler Bashar Assad, surrounded by death and torture, an unknown prisoner scrawled a verse of Arabic poetry on his cell wall -– an expression of pain and ...

No one until now has publicly shared the specifics of the wave that happened before 18-year-old Rogers Hamilton was murdered in rural Alabama in 1957.

In a long tribute in the magazine Le Nouvel Obs after his death, the critic Françoise Siri wrote that Mr. Roubaud was a “poetry virtuoso ... Supérieure. His mother was one of the first ...

Poet Dannie Ruth's brand, Penultimate Moments, is a reminder that every moment we spend with ourselves and those we love is ...

Art Can Play a Powerful Role in Preserving Identity and Inspiring Social Reflection,” says Pamela Clarke, founder of soon-to-be-launched Museum Voyaj, who made eight “voyages” to The Echoes of ...

loss, loneliness and love. In one scene, Anu advises an overwhelmed mother on birth control; in another, Anu and Prabha learn that their cat is pregnant. Every person and object resonates with ...

With renewed discussions about femicide and gender-based violence across the country, the sister of Jasmine McMonagle - who was killed by her partner in 2019 - says "a lot needs to be done" to address ...

Perhaps sitting with his mother, looking out the window at a gentle Yakima rain. And by most accounts, he should be. Life doesn’t always turn out the way it should, though. Neither does death.