Simone White doing a guerrilla reading at the Museum of Modern Art (all photos © Lawrence Schwartzwald, used with permission; no reproduction without express ...

Ashley M. Jones, an alumna of the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Department of English, was recently appointed to serve as the next Poet Laureate of Alabama. She holds an MFA from Florida ...

When its doors opened in 1966, The Poetry Project was intended to inspire cross-generational conversations between writers in a space that felt safe and artistically generative during a time of social ...

Poet Kim Sin-yong, Champion of Vagrancy Aesthetics, Dies at 81 Renowned for Yangdong Suite and vagrant-inspired poetry, Kims ...

As the year draws to a close, we asked a few NPR reporters to reflect on their favorite pieces of tape from 2006. Debbie Elliott kicks it off with a look back at her interview with the poet Jack ...

While wrapping up his interview with Michael Silverblatt, U.S. Poet Laureate W. S. Merwin wondered — why can’t interviewers simply read previous interviews to glean answers to repeated questions?

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A local restaurant is looking forward to their first poetry night featuring an award winning poet and it’s an event you don’t want to miss. KB Cafe Owner Katherine Bernard and ...

A new tribute album offers musical interpretations of Ginsberg's poems. The poet and countercultural activist spoke to Terry Gross in 1994 about his poem "Howl," which was inspired by his mother.

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My Lola once improvised a poem for me Jan. 24, 2021. We were talking on the phone, and a colloquial conversation about her life in the Philippines for a piece in my high school newspaper became a two ...