From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books ...

Other Christian rappers, many of whom also rap in Hindi and English, have drawn a following online, including Raushan Bhairamadgi (or RJBMADZ), Roshan Tony, Joy Punekar, Isaac Dailey, Sheldon Bangera, ...

Marginality, mass death—these are just a few of the reasons why the oeuvre of Essex Hemphill, who died of the virus in 1995, ...

Hot Springs poet Tre Leday will be tonight's feature poet for Wednesday Night Poetry, at Kollective Coffee+Tea, 110 Central ...

True love knows no distance. These five romantic poems capture the feelings of a heart in love, dreaming of a reunion despite ...

I've been writing poetry since I was 7, and these are my top 5 poetry books that have gotten me through hard times ...

New Music Chicago is a member-based organization created in 1982 that promotes and nurtures new music creation and ...

Dave Parker died a month before his Hall of Fame induction, but his son read a poem from his dad at Sunday's ceremony in ...

Dave Parker and Dick Allen were inducted into the Hall of Fame on Sunday, both posthumously. The two power hitters left a ...

In the midst of the second act of Quantum Theatre’s “Seagull” on Sunday night, I was reminded of the first half of the ...

Despite her solitude, Emily Dickinson tended deep bonds with others by writing hundreds of letters. There are lessons in that ...

Poetry isn't as scary as you think. These 14 collections of poems tackle everything from grief and race to family and love.