Nationally acclaimed poet and author Mary Mackey lives in Berkeley. Her latest collection of poems takes on a challenging ...

Charara’s poetry insists on unwavering attention to truth, especially about human feelings. Charara is not afraid to bring to light thoughts and feelings we are loath to admit, even to ourselves.

Sponsor Message I have to admit that I am saddened by what Beer suggests, though I know there is truth in what he says. If he is right, then even "hardest" poems like The Waste Land can be ...

Her poetry is used here to show how her creativity ... Within them, there is perhaps the closest remainder of her own truth. “I believe in myself, even my most delicate intangible feelings ...

I also think there’s something slightly countercultural about its approach to truth. A lot of poetry approaches truth on the slant. I get that from Emily Dickinson’s great poem “Tell All the ...

He wrote intoxicatingly beautiful poems about the intoxicating power of beauty, which was one of his favorite words. “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever,” he wrote. “Beauty is truth ...

Then they say, ‘Okay, wow, cool. I can’t wait!’ The truth is, I’ve waited a long time to publish my new book: I Am Maria: My Poems and Reflections on Heartbreak, Healing, and Hope,” she ...

"Poetry is a political action undertaken for the sake of information, the faith, the exorcism, and the lyrical invention, that telling the truth makes possible." Go deeper: View the full festival ...