Her poetry is grounded in both sensuality and spirituality. The ability to celebrate life’s joys and sorrows while seeing the ...

Three hundred people filled the Merrill Cultural Center to hear celebrated poet Ellen Bass deliver the keynote presentation ...

For 23 years, A.O. Scott was a film critic for the New York Times. For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ ...

On Nov. 3, Tina Chang, Brooklyn’s first female Poet Laureate, gave a Morris Gray Poetry Reading at the Barker Center.

Each April, the Academy of American Poets sponsors National Poetry Month. In recognition of Cincinnati’s extensive contributions to that genre, here is a collection of local poets who achieved ...

Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets of all time. He was the first Black writer and poet to make his living through his words. He led the Harlem Renaissance, ...

My first encounter with the writings of e.e. cummings, certainly one of the 20th century’s greatest poets, was rather unusual. I chanced upon The Enormous Room, the autobiographical novel he wrote ...

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be ...

An observational poet who focuses on imagery from nature, he taught at the Institute of American Indian Arts for more than 20 years. By Elizabeth A. Harris It’s not quite #MeToo, but a spate of new ...

Recite these cozy Christmas poems to share the holiday spirit and make even your Grinchiest loved ones say, "Ho, ho, ho!" Snow-tipped chimneys, fresh pine, lively carols and gifts wrapped with care: ...