A look at George Yatchisin’s conversations with local book clubs and the evolving role of Santa Barbara’s poet laureate.

This year marks 101 years since Malcolm X was born, and his sharp words on the reality of the American nightmare remain true today.

What I know is that I don’t want it to be poetic. The time has passed when my poetry was poetic—if in fact my poetry was ever ...

Ant McPartlin and his ex-wife Lisa Armstrong reunited last week for the first time in eight years after their beloved dog, ...

Judith Chernaik’s idea to feature verse in subway cars has transformed the morning commutes of millions worldwide.

Keats went on to study medicine, but abandoned the career in 1816. “He gives it up, I think, because he realises what a good ...

One of Catherine O'Hara's friends shared a brief glimpse into the late actress's memorial service on Monday, just over two weeks after her death at 71 on January 30.

Nālani Kanakaʻole continued her work, preparing her students for the annual Merrie Monarch Festival, when she died on Jan. 3 at the age of 79. A public memorial service will honor the revered kumu ...

Novelist Alexis Wright has described Lionel Fogarty as Aboriginal literature’s ‘poet laureate’. His was a life of energy, art, yarning, poetry and politics.

The award-winning poet, whose forthcoming book, "Night Owl," will be published in March, will participate in two talks during ...

Denis Johnson wrote about some of the most unlikable characters in American fiction, and yet he always managed to make readers care what happened to them. This talent may have had something to do with ...

Afterburn by Blake Morrison; Into the Hush by Arthur Sze; Unsafe by Karen McCarthy Woolf; Only Sing by John Berryman; Lamping Wild Rabbits by Simon Maddrell; Dream Latitudes by Alia Kobuszko Afterburn ...