Moments later, she kicks off the show with a poem titled “why my love ... Only a handful of artists can bring together club kids, businessmen, and librarian types, on a chilly Wednesday ...

Seamus Heaney Fellow, Fiona Benson, has chosen her shortlist of four for this year’s Moth Poetry Prize, and commended a ...

Transgender veterans, like me, are seven times more likely than civilians to attempt suicide during their lifetime. We need more support, not less.

Sometimes seen as the stuff of commencement addresses, his poems are hard to pin down—just like the man behind them.

Former Anniston Star photographer Ken Elkins’ photography and art lives on through newspaper archives, in homes, venues and in his book of photographs, Picture Taker. His memories particularly live on ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include a spectacular collection from Ron Padgett and a dark, posthumous work by Tove Ditlevsen ...

Children’s author Eric Carle, who lived in Northampton for decades, was known for books including “Brown Bear, Brown Bear,” ...

We present an extract from John Montague: A Poet's Life, Adrian Frazier's new biography of the celebrated poet, who passed away in 2026 aged 87.

The brain receives more oxygen, cortisol (main stress hormone) production stops, heart rate slows down and blood vessels relax to lower blood pressure. Just a single 30-minute session of mindful ...

Look for mysteries, poetry, books for kids, debut novels, a study of real lumberjacks, and reflections of a former ...