The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

Naomi Shihab Nye set the tone for her seventh visit to Santa Barbara with a quote by Rumi: “In this earth, in this soil, in ...

On Tuesday evening, award-winning writers Bernadine Evaristo and Claudia Rankine read excerpts of their work and reflected on ...

Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...

In partnership with SPL, the KUOW Book Club will read "You Are Here" in April, which is National Poetry Month.

A poetry reading followed by an informal craft talk will take place Feb. 12. Attendees will receive a free copy of Pardlo’s ...

A recently discovered poem, written in 1918 and published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

It’s okay to feel overwhelmed by everything going on; I feel overwhelmed, too, and it’s my job to stay on top of things. Even ...

Ugandan comedy was once feted as the wave of the future. Today, English-speaking comedians have retreated, with Ugandan jokesters declaring they make more money from paying audiences abroad ...