Ellen Waterston, a poet, writer, teacher and speaker based in Bend, is Oregon’s eleventh Poet Laureate, succeeding Anis Mojgani, who has been the state Poet Laureate since 2020. In an announcement, ...

British poet and author Benjamin Zephaniah has died after a short illness, according to a post from his family on his official X account. The statement said the 65-year-old was diagnosed with a brain ...

Young poets are performing at poetry slams, pop-up events and salons around Australia – and publishing, too. Who are they – ...

Today three authors pay homage to the late poet Robert Bly, and a home renovation uncovers murder. Robert Bly was born Dec. 23, 1926, near the city of Madison, Minn. Winner of a National Book Award ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Robert Bly, one of the most prominent American poets of the last half century and author of the best-selling men's movement classic "Iron John," has died. He was 94. Bly, an active ...

Since its inception in 2010, the annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading has become one of the most highly anticipated literary events in the Santa Cruz area, drawing luminaries of poetry from all over ...

Jan. 29 (UPI) --Native American author, poet and visual artist N. Scott Momaday, whose novel House Made of Dawn was awarded the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, has died, his daughter said Monday. He ...

Rita Coleman, a local poet who recently published “And Yet.” CONTRIBUTED Rita Coleman, a local poet who recently published “And Yet.” CONTRIBUTED “Poetry is a mystical thing to me,” explains Rita ...

A poem celebrating the power of libraries has been written by local author Graham Thomson, better known as The Parkie Poet, ...