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'We can never out-give our mother.' Columnist Kirk Neely shares poetry for Mother’s Day
Spartanburg Herald-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMy mother loved to read, and she enjoyed stories and poetry. Four years after Mama died in 2001, I...
Poet Billy Collins on shedding New York and finding contentment as a Florida Man
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI often write about our state’s inexhaustible tales of “Florida Man” — that guy with a special...
13 top reads from authors this fall (Kingsolver, King, Irving and more)
Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAs the new publishing season rolls along, here’s a look at books by some of the big-name authors of popular and literary fiction, as well as poetry from Billy Collins, quips from the late P.J ...
Palm Beach Poetry Festival cancels 2023 event, looks to 2024, relocation
The Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFollowing the May death of founder Miles Coon and the loss of its longtime home at Delray Beach's...
Ada Limón is a poet laureate for the 21st century, exploring 'what it looks like to have America in...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAda Limón is the 24th U.S. poet laureate. Shawn Miller/Library of Congress“Ada Limón is a poet who...
The next US poet laureate has KY roots. What to know about the prestigious position
Lexington Herald-Leader McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoThe position of U.S. poet laureate has been historically vague. Here’s what the poet is actually...
League of Minnesota Poets launches statewide book tour
Austin Daily Herald, Minn. via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 21—League of Minnesota Poets is launching its Indy Book Store Tour to highlight their 86th volume of poetry, "Agates." More than 60 Minnesota poets will read in about 30 independent bookstores ...
Turn off your phone. Go outside. Pay attention. And pray. | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoLife should be pretty simple. Breathe in, breathe out. Only it’s not. I am increasingly out of sync...
Fall books a broad mix of literary and commercial favorites
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor months, Colleen Hoover's millions of fans on TikTok, Instagram and elsewhere have been talking...