Actor and comedian Lyric Lewis discovered her love of performance through improv. She went on to make history as one of the ...

Canadian poet Karen Solie has won this year’s Donald Windham-Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prize, worth US$175,000. Solie is ...

Poetry can literally give you chills. A Free Press intern explains why — and how to start reading it without fear.

Khalid Jawed warns Urdu’s decline risks losing religious heritage. He critiques commercialization and literary stagnation—can ...

War, love and memory intertwine in Voices Israel’s 2025 anthology, a powerful collection of global poetry shaped by Oct. 7 ...

The “I Dream A World” Youth Choral Showcase will include the world premiere of “Freedom Hymn” by composer B.E. Boykin.

In her latest collection, “A Suit or A Suitcase," poet Maggie Smith explores how solitude can bring insight and clarity, even ...

In the first story, war nurse Evie returns to rural New Zealand after serving in Europe during World War I. Her brother is ...

Massachusetts-born Sylvia Plath was an American literary icon, but she was buried in West Yorkshire's quiet village of ...

“The Laughing Heart.” – Read by Tom Waits, written by Charles Bukowski This reading by Tom Waits captures the essence of ...

We asked ex-entrepreneur William Sieghart, who anthologized poems by writers from Rumi to JRR Tolkien in 'The Poetry Pharmacy ...

A new short film made its debut at the Palm Springs Cultural Center this week, bringing a personal poem to life on the big screen. “Name Tag,” written by Crystal Harrell and directed by Kent Kay, ...