This Dallas-based press has been publishing international books for 12 years. Among its latest releases is this novel from ...

Cultural critic-poet-memoirist Saeed Jones has been announced as Decatur Book Festival’s keynote speaker. Novelist Angie Thomas will give the "kidnote" talk.

The Decatur Book Festival (DBF) will celebrate its 20th anniversary Oct. 3-4 with keynote speaker Saeed Jones and “kidnote” ...

As these credentials suggest, there is a widespread view, if not a consensus, that she is one of the major poets writing in ...

Get Reader’s Digest’s Read Up newsletter for more poetry, humor, cleaning, travel, tech and fun facts all week long. RD.COM, GETTY IMAGES. 1. “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare.

House of Anansi Poetry Bash We'll be celebrating the release of: The Seated Woman written by Clémence Dumas-Côté and translated by E. S. Taillon. Great Silent Ballad written by A. F. Moritz.

“Aliens Visit the Islands” is one of the poems in Myth (House of Anansi Press), the debut poetry collection it never occurred to Pierre to write. It is one of a group of poems in the speculative mode ...

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Get Reader’s Digest’s Read Up newsletter for more poetry, holiday tips, fun facts, humor, cleaning, travel and tech all week long. RD.com, Getty Images. 1. “To My Friends” by Countee Cullen.

Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not about those parties, or those politics.

Here are six more poems that deal in different ways with giant monsters: 1. Beowulf. Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon epic poem about the defeat of Grendel – a creature whose exact form is still ...