Urdu poetry has always lived through the human voice. Its power lies not just in what is said, but in how it sounds ...

Jerome Rothenberg changed the course of poetics with the opening statement to his landmark "Technicians of the Sacred: A Range of Poetries From Africa, America, Asia, Europe & Oceania": "Primitive ...

Over the past year or so, we’ve been sharing the stories of Houstonians who’ve followed in the career footsteps of their loved ones in our occasional series The Family Business. However, today we ...

Originally from Columbia, Missouri, Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey has made an impressive mark on the Iowa poetry scene. He’s been an active force in spoken word performance and has made his way ...

On Oct. 24, the Woodberry Poetry Room’s T.S. Eliot Memorial Reading was held in the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, spotlighting Cecilia Vicuña’s creative work. As a Chilean poet, artist, ...

Interest in poetry has been rising over the past year, creating an opportunity for renewed community engagement as a new local poet laureate takes the helm. Sign up for the Hello, Houston! daily ...

My country, I will build you again, / if need be, with bricks made from my life.”  That line from Iranian poet Simin ...

Saturday’s performance of “Symphony of the Bells” will be a first for Potomac artist Nimi Trehan: it will be the first time she paints during a poetry reading. The performance is based on the poetry ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The University of Maine at Farmington’s Visiting Writer Series and Emery ...

This weekend, six Yale student art groups will host an event titled “Body, Mind, and Soul: A Celebration of Black History” in the Underground Crescent Theater in Morse and Stiles Colleges. The show ...

Reviving a forgotten Arab-American legacy, one beat at a time Syrian-American rapper, poet and activist, Omar Offendum, pays tribute to the once-thriving neighbourhood of Little Syria in New York City ...

Home is a complicated recipe: familiarity, family, safety, care. Too much or too little of any ingredient, bake them too quickly, and the whole endeavor falls flat. But performer and poet Caroline M.