The opening poem of this year’s Magic City Poetry Festival paid reverence to Birmingham’s history. The month-long celebration of the literary art commenced Saturday morning with Alabama poet laureate ...

When we edit audio these days, we have the option of marking voice or sound clips in various colors. I did that for this episode. The effect is quite beautiful. In this case, the colors represent a ...

Below left: In leading intensive workshops and advising students in their independent work, Smith (left) pushes her students to search for meaning in their writing. Here, she meets with senior thesis ...

Matthew Burgess and Doug Salati met on a blind date. "We share the same agent," explains Burgess. "She said, 'You need to meet this client of mine.'" Over coffee in Brooklyn, they discovered that they ...

Tuesday, March 16 Urban Word — an organization dedicated to amplifying the voices of the youth through poetry — hosted their fourth annual Black Girl Magic Ball. The yearly ceremony, which first ...

There is something truly magnificent about poetry and literature in any language. One could say poetry is language in its most exalted form, where words’ every conceivable and unfathomable ...

During National Poetry Month, there’s more verse in the Magic City than at any other time of year — and not just because of the O, Miami Poetry Festival. Poets like Alexis Caputo are repping the art ...

What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime? Words with Wings and... In 'Words with Wings and Magic Things,' poetry is ...

April is National Poetry Month, meaning that there’s no better time to write this article than right now. Poetry is a unique form of expression that at times offers greater insight into how we ...

Poet M.L. Liebler and jazz guitarist/poet Ron English are the November guests on Detroit JazzStage. M.L. fronts the group, M. L. Liebler & The Magic Poetry Band. By day, he is a Wayne State University ...