Poetry had never before brought me so much laughter, nor had it ever been written in real time before me. I had always wondered about that — about what it would be like to speak-write a poem or short ...

Emily Jungmin Yoon sat down with The Maroon to talk about her debut poetry collection, trends in contemporary poetry and more. The interview has been transcribed below. On writing across cultures I am ...

A poet at heart and a storyteller by instinct, Zakir Khan has redefined Indian stand-up comedy with humor drawn from everyday ...

Caballero giving the first digital poetry performance at Art Genève, hosted by Giga/UNICEF. Photo: Marc Bader, 2025 The biggest downside to being an editor when you launched your career as a writer is ...

We talk to Aneta Kamińska, poet, translator, and promoter of Ukrainian poetry, about Ukrainian artists who are fighting not ...

Growing up in D.C.’s barrio, Elexia remembers a vibrant, tight-knit Dominican community. Carolina Meurkens Afrolatinidad: Art & Identity in D.C. is an interview series highlighting the vitality of the ...

The poet laureate of the United States—an official appointed by the Library of Congress to promote the reading and writing of poetry in America—seems an odd and irrelevant functionary for a Britney ...

At Poetry/Cabaret, the poetry is part of a broader evening of entertainment in which each performer is offering their take on a particular theme. So there's a sense of context and there's continuity, ...

When Caleb “The Negro Artist” Rainey first came to the University of Iowa, he said he felt overwhelmed trying to find his voice as a Black writer in a predominately white literary community. The poet ...

Toronto’s largest spoken word series took home first place after a week-long poetry competition taking place in Montreal, Quebec. It’s the first win for TPS since the festival began seven years ago.

Paisley Rekdal has joined High Country News as the publication’s poetry editor — the first person to hold that role in a very long time. She is the author of 10 books, including poetry collections ...