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.
APR has also created opportunities for poets and editors on the other side of the publishing process. Asheville poet and ...
“I tilt the bottle/ wanting to trap/ the sparkling fireworks/ inside the glass marble of/ my 'ramune' soda.” Minami Towada, a junior high school first-year student, composed this tanka, beautifully ...
After 'Knife', his intense memoir about the assassination attempt that almost cost him his life, the writer returns to ...
File photo by Don Nelson From left, competitors in the 2025 Poetry Out Loud contest at The Merc Playhouse were Liam Kiefer, Firn Pepper, Aliyah Odion, third-place finisher Elliot Pixie-Plott, ...
As weather on campus finally made it out of the negatives, The Gund’s Community Foundation Theater housed a dynamic reading and conversation on Monday to highlight the work of Robert P. Hubbard ...
In the frantic velocity of modern life, the most common casualty is collective equanimity. People move through their days in a defensive crouch, primed for offence and conditioned for confrontation.