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Photos by Don Nelson From left, competitors in the 2025 Poetry Out Loud contest at The Merc Playhouse last week were Liam ...

Writing does not take us away from the difficult and the painful. If we write with courage and with integrity, it can take us ...

The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that ...

Retried EKU professor Jacqueline Jane Hamilton launched a non-profit call Why We Write, and helped compile the poems for 'A ...

The personal essay is an essential component of your application. How compelling it is — or isn't — can make or break your acceptance.

With new translations from the long-extinct Hittite language, UChicago Ph.D. student Naomi Harris brought verses from clay ...

In January, I’ll teach another version of my favorite class, “Creative Critical Writing,” a graduate writing workshop ...

The Publication of Kunjana Parashar’s They Gather Around Me, the Animals (in June 2025), is nothing less than a cultural ...

The WHAM Literary Arts Program is accepting applications for the fourth annual Youth Poetry Competition. Eligible students ...

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Where are the writers who work on the dock? Where are stevedores, the longshoremen? The pipe fitters? The electricians?” ...