Having encountered the poet and writer as a student, New York songsmith Lou Reed weaved Syracuse advisor Delmore Schwarz's ...

Novels about women’s communities tend toward utopian coexistence or ruthless backbiting. "The Unworthy" does something more ...

Mark Fuller has lived in Amsterdam for over 40 years and is convinced that the Dutch capital’s combination of free expression, openness and decency was a crucial factor in his development both ...

The Lane Hall exhibit space features “Redefining the Crown,” a portraiture series of six Black breast cancer survivors and ...

National Book Award-winning novel, 'James,' Percival Everett grapples with philosophical and metaphysical questions as well ...

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These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

The job of a poet laureate is to engage Illinoisans in poetry, with each poet laureate given a small stipend to enact that ...

In honor of Women’s History Month, we spoke with seven creators of picture book biographies highlighting overlooked female figures in history.

The press hosts readings virtually and in person (at Pretentious Beer Co. no less) and has a Knoxville farm where writers can ...

The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr.” — the Prophet Muhammad Muhammad decried ignorance.

Discover the untold story of Jessie Redmon Fauset, the 'midwife' of the Harlem Renaissance, in Victoria Christopher Murray's ...