By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

The poet laureate will serve as an ambassador for the arts to promote creative expression and inspire writers across the ...

The International Poetry Forum returns after a 14-year hiatus to revive the Steel City’s role in showcasing renowned writers.

Invoking Emily Dickinson, Phillis Wheatley, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sam Cornish and Robert Frost, Gov. Maura Healey on ...

Invoking Emily Dickinson, Phillis Wheatley, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sam Cornish and Robert Frost, Gov. Maura Healey on ...

Poems are such versatile things. They can be as concise as a well-written line but also long enough to fill an entire book.

Massachusetts will soon have its first-ever poet laureate. Gov. Maura Healey this week signed an executive order creating the ...

When Ephriam David Tyler died in 1969 at age 85, he had written and published his way through three works of poetry that ...

As part of Xpress' annual Wellness Issues, we asked six local poets to share their thoughts on the benefits of slowing down and being present in the moment.

Jacobs, the founder of Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry, has written two previously acclaimed collections: Pelvis with ...