William Cowper’s The Task, written in 1785, echoes today’s anxieties with eerie precision — war, oppression, the weight of the world. Can poetry offer solace in chaotic times? A journey through memory ...

Creative Alliance is celebrating Black History Month with a new show honoring the life and legacy of a legendary tap dancer ...

For the audience sitting in the Michigan Theatre, singing, clapping and supporting their loved ones, Arab Xpressions is a two ...

In a 1930 letter, Robert Frost stated his priorities as memorably — which, for Frost, meant as mischievously — as possible: ...

Anubhav Sinha, one of the most acclaimed filmmakers, is known for delivering hard-hitting, real-life-inspired stories with ...

Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career, Frost got paid—$15, by the editor of a New York weekly ...

The Great Smoky Mountains are not just the setting for the annual writers conference, but a key feature with a focus on natural surroundings.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts may have a better right than any other state to call itself “the poetry state.” Celebrated ...

Old O’Connor Hall welcomed Binghamton alumni Nathan Lipps Ph.D. ‘19 and Leah Umansky ‘02 for an insightful poetry reading, ...

But all poetry, even funny poems and short poems for kids, has a common thread: The poets who write it are interpreters. They take an honest look at events and emotions and boil them down to some ...

Missouri Poet Laureate David Harrison shares how to fill your own sack of ideas and describes what he keeps in his.