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A sci-fi novel delivered a message I couldn’t ignore. There could not have been a more apt metaphor for my cramped, small, ...
RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM: Watching reels, chatting with friends, complete immersion in social media, and leaving homework unfinished ...
The Chambers County Museum at Wallisville concluded its three-part series, “Our History & Then Some” with Cowboy Poet Bob Kahla on June 19.
Credit: Poetry Camera/Cover Images In a world dominated by screens, a new invention is offering a refreshing return to the ...
These writers are tackling complex themes ranging from social issues and grief to military science and history.
PYGMALION has just dropped their full lineup for 2025, and, boy, is it packed. The festival will be taking place from ...
The Boy Who Lived in a Shell ... NPR's Scott Simon about working at a New York library, writing to make himself laugh, and making poetry accessible to short attention spans.
"I want to write for the next generation of young black boys," he says ... which he's worked into his spoken word poetry. "I'm from Ghana and I've lived here most of my life.
If you ask Reed Bobroff what poetry means to him, you’d get a pretty unique answer: freedom. “Poetry to me means freedom,” he said. “Freedom of expression. Poetry has no rules on grammar ...
How many writers do we remember for one poem, one song, one novel? You kind of just need to write one that sticks ... [hip-hop band] Outkast: “Baby boy, you’re only as funky as your last ...
Ever since writing a poem about dinosaurs in the first grade ... a kind of highbrow public consumption. Like that teenage boy in that Denny’s in suburban Florida, I still want to be part ...