He thought back to the year 1952, when Mustafa was studying for his final exams for his master’s degree in English literature ...

L ate in his career, the English poet W. H. Auden distilled the whole business of poetry into three pungent lines: “A poet’s hope: to be, / like some valley cheese, / local, b ...

Slow Wreckage is Crooker’s tenth book of poems. She has always been a sharp noticer, especially of the natural world and the visual arts. Reading her poetry feels like putting on a new pair of glasses ...

In Forest of Noise, Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha explores the pain, loss, and struggle of life in Gaza, while holding onto ...

This weekend showcases the endless possibilities in Iowa City from the Mic Check Poetry Fest to special film screenings ...

John Sweeney is a former carpenter who is serving life in prison after being found guilty of the murders of two women, ...

Tucsonan Powers, a former laboratory biologist, has written a number of science-based picture books for kids but had never ...

Little Words reads like an honest cathedral of letters, where human emotions are assembled. Reading this book is a journey.

In ‘Church Going’, the poem that gives this charming book its title, Philip Larkin talks about ‘one of the crew that tap and jot and know what rood-lofts were… Some ruin-bibber, randy for antique’.

Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha discusses the heart-wrenching moments that inspired his new book, “Forest of Noise.” ...

The massive 800-page collection includes messages written by the Nobel Prize winner around the time Lawrence WIlson was ...

Discover Nancy Foster, whose 100 year old work is brought to life in a new walking trail. The poet Nancy Foster lived and ...