NEW YORK, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — “It was as if there was no difference between clouds, building shadows, and asphalt. Everything was one–blanketed in the ashy stillness of silence.” Natalie ...

JUNEAU, Alaska - Ishmael Hope spent six years putting together his first collection of poetry, "Courtesans of Flounder Hill," a period of time in which the manuscript went through many changes - as ...

The Spring 2020 issue of the Innisfree Poetry Journal is highlighting the poetry and career of Jack Ridl, professor emeritus of English at Hope College. Published since 2005, the biannual online ...

A series of poems by Megan Fox,describing a physically and verbally abusive relationship, are going viral and raising concerns about her well-being. The poems, part of her 2023 book titled Pretty Boys ...

In this digital and divided society, it can often seem that language is used primarily to deliver criticism and express rage. But poet Ada Limón shares her humble opinion on why she sees people ...

David James of the Hope College faculty, writing as D.R. James, explores the bittersweet experience of life viewed from middle age in “If god were gentle,” his second full-length poetry collection.

This version of a sonnet by the French symbolist poet Paul Verlaine has a down-to-earth lyricism recalling Philip Larkin’s Last Hope After Verlaine Bustled about in this sputtering breeze the ...

When Varavara Rao was arrested in 2018, many of the demands for his release focused on his identity as a poet. “What kind of country are we,” a concerned citizen said in dismay, “when we put poets ...