When I founded the Milwaukee Avenue Messenger, a quarterly arts and literary journal that celebrates the vibrant communities and independent DIY artistic tradition of Chicago’s Milwaukee Avenue ...
According to a recent study, reading for pleasure has fallen by 40% in the last 20 years, continuing a long-running downward ...
Literary readings were wildly popular in ancient Rome, so much so that they became a nuisance, says Tony Perrottet, a contributor to the magazine. Great authors “from Horace to Petronius and Seneca ...
On Dec. 16, the Garden City High School Literary Circle held its 30th anniversary of the Winter Solstice poetry reading. Club ...
Brooklyn and Manhattan are well known for their literary talent, but Queens has its share of writers and lovers of the written word too. A lot of up-and-coming writers in the borough are honing their ...
The International Events Corner at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2026 fosters global literary engagement, connecting diverse ...
Colloquy: Join an online discussion about a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts that describes an apparent decline in reading habits by Americans. Who, if anyone, is to blame for the ...

Reading Is a Vice

Being a reader means cultivating a relationship with the world that, by most standards, can seem pointless and ...
Available to read in Italian. A trio of Pioneer Valley writers gave a reading of their recently published works the Thursday before Thanksgiving break at White Square Books in Easthampton, ...
Bring your comfiest pj's and favorite poems to Photon Poetry's unique open mic night where you can perform others' work amid ...
Opium Magazine‘s Literary Death Match evokes images of bloody pencils, torn up books, and trashed typewriters. But LDM is less like a poetry MMA battle, and more like an interactive reading involving ...
Delaware poet David P. Kozinski and Rockwood Park and Museum are "a natural match" for sharing the power of verse with the ...