Poems are made for the express purpose of re-figuring the world. They have no other reason for being. In them, metaphors are completely at home. In poems, metaphors subtly materialize or dynamically ...

A small press imprint devoted to LGBT voices is giving ample expression to gay authors in small, nicely designed chapbooks. A Midsummer Night's Press in New York publishes LGBT poetry and gay studies ...

Today more than a third of Americans have some postsecondary education, and this fact is reflected in the poets included in the book The Face of Poetry. They are from all over the country, and they ...

Earlier today in Stockholm, Sweden, the Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to musician Bob Dylan for “having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." The nod to ...

Dylan rewarded for "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition" Dylan, 75, is the 108th winner of the most prestigious literature prize in the world The 2016 Nobel ...

“Draft CX: Primer” from The Collage Poems of Drafts by Rachel Blau DuPlessis (2011) The first book of poetry by Rachel Blau DuPlessis that I owned was Tabula Rosa (Potes and Poets Press, 1987). I had ...

Local San Diego Author Susan J. Farese has announced the 2nd edition of her poetry anthology POETIC EXPRESSIONS IN NURSING: SHARING THE CARING. This exciting collection of freeform poetry with over 40 ...

SAN DIEGO — The stress of the pandemic inspired a former military nurse to write a book of poems for healthcare workers. In this Zevely Zone, I went to Carmel Valley to meet a woman of many talents.