The demands of ideological conformity have ruined several generations of MFA-trained American writers.

Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” ...

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Arthur Sze, the national poet laureate appointed by the Library of Congress last month, visited Queens College, in Flushing, ...

Ahead of a new systemwide administrative-review process, instructors are scrutinizing lessons on race, gender, and even The ...

Micháel McCormick ’s poems and short stories have appeared in more than 80 journals and anthologies. He holds a degree in mathematics and takes inspiration from math and science for much of his work.

The initiative, developed by the Black Book Accelerator, aims to give more exposure to books by Black authors. Since ...

And yielded the sons of my stricken wombTo the drum-beats of duty, the sabres of doom.Gathered like pearls in their alien ...

Opening with the proto-feminist Puritan poems of Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672) and closing with the reorienting poems of Joy Harjo of the Muskogee Nation (1951–), Chicago-born poet and literary critic ...

Guardian country diarist Mark Cocker judges novel excerpt winner of prize worth €1,000 and a week at Moth’s Irish writing ...

Her memoir frequently shows an indifference toward truth, falsity, and meaning. In that way, it’s an artifact of our age.

• La Jolla Library Poetry Group: 2-3 p.m., La Jolla/Riford Library Community Room, 7555 Draper Ave. New and experienced poets can gather to read and share their poems. sandiego.librarymarket.com/event ...