Writer Ken Slesarik turned to poetry, both reading it and writing it, after the death of his son. He explains how poetry has ...

At the end of 2024 South African poet Ingrid de Kok published Unleaving, a significant collection of substantial new poems.

For our series Making of a Poem, we’re asking poets and translators to dissect the poems they’ve published in our pages. A ...

Good grief is like civil-rights icon John Lewis’s concept of good trouble: It’s loving and rebellious but it’s got its own ...

Jesmyn Ward's fourth novel follows Annis, a young, enslaved woman, on her journey through the underworld of the American ...

KB Ballentine has released a new book of poetry, All The Way Through. A book launch will be held Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 6:30 p.m., at the Soddy Daisy Community Library, 9619 Dayton Pike. Review for ...

As our population ages, writers are offering books that look at what aging means and ways to live full lives even with the ...

Canadian writer Zoe Whittall wrote a poetic memoir that examines a type of grief that isn't always awarded ... of not admitting how profound that loss is. That romantic loss can be life-changing ...

Amidst the ceasefire between Gaza and Israel, Mahmoud Darwish's poetic lines carry a haunting reminder and deep meaning. Darwish reflected on the future in his verse: 'The war will end, and the ...

I wrote the poem "Classes Canceled" to express the shock, alienation, and grief that I felt at his passing. As I consider last month's events in Wisconsin, I wish the poem wasn't so timely.

In the Ninth Symphony, Mahler examines death from an internal, personal view. Through the music, Mahler sees the end and ...

Elizabeth Rae Bullmer received her B.A. in Theatre and English, with Emphasis in Creative Writing and Performance, from Alma ...