My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten. But I’ve been a ...
That ain’t been there before. Of course, poetry doesn’t have to be juvenile to be funny. Nor must it be raunchy, although a limerick might rely on bawdiness. A poem needn’t even make the reader guffaw ...
Megan Fernandes is a writer and assistant professor at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, where she teaches courses on poetry and environmental writing. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on ...
Critically acclaimed writer Sarah +Galvin turned her Thursday evening performance at McCormack Family Theater into a half-poetry reading, half-stand-up comedy show, pausing between every few pieces to ...
About 20 years ago, Will King III hovered over the sign-in list at an open mic. He scanned the stage names, realizing he didn't have one himself. So he thought up something clever on the spot: jus ...
Rutzel’s poetry defies convention. Some verses rhyme, others don’t—but all pulse with honesty, humor, and a deep sense of ...
Stone Circle wound up its 37th season on Labor Day weekend. It was a successful summer despite the threat of rain every Saturday, except for the opening on July 17. People seemed sincerely pleased ...
Live from your computer screens, it's Code Switch! Guest hosts Ayesha Rascoe and Denice Frohman joined us to talk poetry and humor with special guests Paul Tran and Hari Kondabolu. Then, Ayesha and ...
Megan Fernandes is a writer and assistant professor at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, where she teaches courses on poetry and environmental writing. She shares her Brief But Spectacular take on ...