Three new poetry collections by women both well-rooted in Alaska and well-traveled in the world share close attention to the world and compassion for all its beings while bringing very different ...

Who shouted for joy at the birth of the color blue? When I look once more at the sea, does the sea see me or not see me? Why do the waves ask me the same questions I ask them? Libro de las preguntas ...

The first day Vladimir Putin sent troops to invade Ukraine, actor AnnaLynne McCord thrust herself onto the internet stage by reciting a poem she had written addressed to the Russian President. With ...

Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...

For years, Seymour Berger has used poetry to express the deep experiences of life. While his wife was battling Stage 4 lung cancer, Berger wrote a poem to inspire everyone who has had cancer and those ...

When American poet Alice Notley was very young, she used to sit in front of the radio and just listen. When she got older, she began to hear words and songs in her head everywhere she went — songs she ...

Two years before her band Speedy Ortiz released its first album, Sadie Dupuis moved to Western Massachusetts to begin work on her master’s degree in poetry. She had been living in New York, where ...

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