Grassroots Books is alive with the low hum of readers browsing, the occasional exclamation of someone finding a ...

“The churning, burning world needs poets,” Wharton said. “Poets express the human experience in lyrical words. Metaphor in ...

In the heart of Martinsburg, West Virginia, there’s a literary treasure trove waiting to be discovered. Bank Books, a massive ...

The authors at the event include Eric LaRocca, Clay McLeod Chapman, E.K. Sathue (a pseudonym for author Erin Mayer), and ...

We need to read good literature to help us once again find connection with one another. Tragically, we have been desensitised ...

NEW YORK — Sarah Jessica Parker will be this year’s recipient of PEN America's “Literary Service Award.” The “Sex and the City” star, a longtime advocate for reading and literacy, will be honored May ...

Watermark Art Center and Sundown Records will host a Poetry SLAM at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, at Fozzie's Smokin Bar-B-Q, 114 Third St. NW. "A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets ...

February, and the events of this year so far have not inspired much optimism. Diversity, equity and inclusion programs are being slashed, hundreds of people have lost their homes to fires and members ...

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Naomi Shihab Nye set the tone for her seventh visit to Santa Barbara with a quote by Rumi: “In this earth, in this soil, in ...

The new Mardi Gras ball at Okay Bar in New Orleans will start with independent reading and end with a dance party.

The Literacy Hubs transform underutilized library spaces into vibrant centers for daily literacy instruction, workshops with authors and community engagement that will develop lifelong reader ...