Frank Stanford, who killed himself at age 29, died far too young. Thanks to writer James McWilliams, the legendary Arkansas poet's short but colorful life is now documented in a monumental biography.

How is it that some of us are privileged and many are not? This subject is at the heart of a new collection of poetry.

Is it better, for the health of a society, to pardon or punish the perpetrators?” Caught “between the drive to forget and the ...