We sat down with Poynter senior scholar Roy Peter Clark, author of numerous books including “How to Write Short: Word Craft ...

Bright spots in our nation’s ability to address this crisis are few, writes Kevin Fagan. And it’s no mystery why.

One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — the Mona Lisa is the story of a woman’s smile; the ceiling of the Sistine ...

I suppose I was subconsciously annoyed that my husband got so much praise and attention. Telling a story about him, I started ...

A.G. and Rachel Blyther reside under perhaps the most distinct grave in Raleigh, where they found peace unavailable in North ...

How a weekly memoir writing group at the Motion Picture Television Fund became a creative outlet and surrogate family for its ...

The Pulitzer-prize winning writer and essayist talks about his love of art and how he reconciles two challenging roles.

Look into a writer’s group, locally or online. We all need praise, encouragement (and sometimes commiseration). Being in the ...

"The Quiet Librarian," about a Bosnian American woman with thugs on her trail, is the latest thriller from Minnesota Book ...

Don't buy roses for best-selling romcom author Lynn Painter on Valentine's Day. Extravagant gestures like flowers aren't her ...

It's a piano riff that fires off an anthem we all know by heart. "I Will Survive" is a disco masterpiece by two-time Grammy ...

I’m a dramatist,” the student said. “My job is to find the human truth, and that’s an abstract concept, but that’s what I’m ...