When children write poetry, they often jump in with only a vague idea then follow where it leads — adults can do that, too, ...

CM Naim’s translation of 19th-century reformer Ashrafunnisa Begum’s biography was published in 2021. Naim, a translator and ...

It is fascinating that some of the most splendid prose in the Hebrew Bible emerges from the mouth of Balaam, a brilliant poet ...

Ma Yongbo 马永波 celebrates his birthday on the 17th July 2025. When he was born, he was called Yongbo 永波 (Forever Wave) by his ...

The Missing Prayer is a tell-tale rhythmic recital of the losses, the voids, the gaps and the simplest of the tiny things ...

In dramatising Lucifer’s rebellion against God, his battalions of angels being hurled into hell, Satan’s defiant rise, the ...

The seeming decline of a certain type of novelist is much discussed and debated in the literary world. But the bigger question is whether it matters.

Meanwhile I’ve also had another life for even longer, as a performance poet ... I’ve attempted to capture both sides of myself. In poetry and prose, I’ve tried to describe the feelings of returning to ...

From a thrilling, seven-part epic to a compelling new novel set off the coast of Naples, our critics review June’s latest fiction ...

Life metaphors: Local poets’ prose recognized by National Baseball Poetry Festival Kevin Hodgson, a sixth grade teacher at the William E. Norris School in Southamptonwho lives in Leeds, was ...

The Poetry Center will be closed from May 19 to July 7 to complete the upcoming renovation. The residency program and renovated space will open in the upcoming academic year, Meier said.