L4LM's B.Getz caught up with Tarriona "Tank" Ball of Tank and the Bangas on Jam Cruise to discuss her New Orleans roots, slam poetry, & more.

O n that day when the soul dresses in white and the heart beats stronger, every word spoken takes on an eternal meaning.

Peggy Shumaker, a stalwart supporter of Alaska writers and the larger arts community, is a professor emerita from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a former Alaska writer laureate. Author of nine ...

Blending photographs, home videos shot by friends and family ... took him to Kashmir. But the heart of the film lies in his writings — letters, diaries and poems, most of which were found ...

Speaking at a Los Angeles event on April 9, Gayheart described their bond as one of enduring friendship and mutual respect, emphasizing their commitment to co-parenting their two daughters ...

Consider exchanging poems with loved ones. Emily Dickinson was known, even, for sending poems to friends (and writing them on chocolate wrappers: my kind of friend). Do whatever takes the pressure off ...

What’s your favorite Langston Hughes poem? Maybe it’s one you grew up with. Maybe it’s one you stumbled across in a moment of need. Either way, I’d love to know why it matters to you.

The author knew many of his poems by heart. Elsie invited some friends for a party & persuaded the author--who feared the poet might suddenly come home--to spend the night. As she packed to leave ...

But this time he focuses on how art, and poetry in particular, both expresses and responds to the unique human experience of “being modern.” We live in a world that the gods have fled and ...

Perhaps such happy poetry shouldn’t be so unusual, but Gay’s odes to such everyday pleasures as sleeping in his clothes or drinking water from his hands bring a rare satisfaction.