Poet J. K. Kennedy discusses balancing humor with anxiety and/or grief in poetry and shares five tricks she uses to illustrate her emotions without letting them turn into quicksand for the reader.

We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with ...

Former Missouri Poet Laureate William Trowbridge's "seriocomic" ode to Missouri includes plenty of references you'll ...

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 ...

Durcan has helped to change our perception of what a poem ought to be. He’s a poet who makes it his business to chip away at ...

An imagined chat with Pooh commemorates the 100th anniversary of A.A. Milne’s “When We Were Very Young.” David Orr is the author of a poetry collection, “Dangerous Household Items,” and three books ...

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

Poet, author and editor-in-chief of Gnashing Teeth Publishing, Karen Cline-Tardiff, of Norman, will be featured at Wednesday ...

Bound to elicit a grin is Ng Yi-sheng’s humorous Roti Chatter, a hark back to the Republic’s multicultural heritage. He ...

For amending Constitution One needs majority's crown Till then the h Can always water it down Bleeding hearts for the poor ...

An art and poetry exhibition centered on squirrels might sound like mere fluff, but there’s more to “Squirrel Shenanigans: ...