An award-winning poet and writer, Dr. Tohe was born in Fort Defiance, Arizona, and grew up speaking both Diné bizaad/Navajo language and English. She is a professor emerita of English at Arizona State ...

Poetry on the Salish Sea will host a March Poetry Reading at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden Historical State Park, 200 Battery Way, Port Townsend.

On June 28, Still North Books & Bar hosted a poetry reading showcasing works of Vermont-based poet Kate Gibbel, Vermont-based poet and essayist Carlene Kucharczyk and Los Angeles-based poet and ...

Maya Angelou, considered one of the best poets in history, signs copies of "Maya Angelou: Letter to My Daughter" at Barnes & Noble in Union Square on October 30, 2008 in New York City. Poetry is a ...

The Fields Poetry Reading Series is set to launch its inaugural season on Thursday, March 20 at the Auditorium-Theater of the historic duCret Center of Art, 1030 Central Ave., Plainfield. The debut ...

A large and appreciative crowd filled the Merrill Cultural Center to hear celebrated poet Ellen Bass deliver the keynote presentation at the 16th annual Morton Marcus Poetry Reading this month. The ...

Come join the Mwangi Cultural Center in their final celebration of African American Read-In Week at the Poetry Center. Come sit and read poetry by Black authors anywhere from 3:00-6:00 pm, with a ...

On Nov. 6, UMass Downtown hosted four guest speakers — Abigail Chabitnoy, Hannah Brooks-Motl, Joan Tate and Melissa Dickey — as a part of an ongoing “Writers Reading” series, intended to platform ...

It’s been described as embarrassing, clichéd or “unhelpful singsong.” Many poets dislike it too, but it’s a style they’ve learned from each other. By Gregory Cowles Gregory Cowles is senior editor of ...