Romeo and Juliet has featured in my life at these pivotal moments in a really funny way,” Gabby Beans smiles as she considers ...

A bloom of English rose. “Santa Claus” by Australian poet Andrew Barton “Banjo” Peterson (1864–1941) is a funny poem that imagines a humorous scene in which a watchman tries to stop a ...

Sheri-D Wilson is a Calgary-based writer and artist of 13 books, four short films and three words and music albums. She was appointed to The Order of Canada in 2019 and was the Poet Laureate Emeritus ...

One of the late Jacques Derrida’s most useful exercises in linguistic play was to hyphenate “represent.” The word that ...

Corey Van Landingham, a graduate of Purdue's creative writing MFA program has published three poetry collections. Her third, "Reader, I," explores the nuances of romantic relationships in conversation ...

Rhiannon Smith, editorial director, acquired world English-language rights ... Hollie’s poems are always iconoclastic, deftly funny and candid but here she presents them with a refined focus ...

The Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana proudly announces Julie Kane, celebrated poet and ...

Get ready to chuckle at performances such as Stand-up Stitches (April 26), curated by Keesha Brownie; Champagne & Sky Juice ...

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

At a final dress rehearsal, Hanna laughed at how “The Tempest” has become a traditional farewell to theater-making, precisely ...

MUSEUM: Cycle Thru: The Art of the Bike, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Mount ...