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Writers Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma and María de Lourdes Victoria will present a free book talk on Juan Rulfo’s 1955 novel, ...
This was the Golden Age of Kabbala and Mysticism, where they composed works of Jewish law, mysticism, Torah commentary and ...
The lines kept playing in my mind, like a song. I asked a few people, neighbors, street sellers, drivers, ‘What are you going ...
Ofelia Zepeda is a renowned poet and linguist, and one of the world’s foremost experts on the Tohono O’odham language.
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we've been reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" in partnership with Seattle Reads. I'm your guide, Katie Campbell, and I joined poets Laura Da' and ...
Urdu ranks fourth, following Pashto (16%) and Saraiki (14%). Yet, the country’s legal system ... who is believed to have composed poetry in Punjabi using the Persian script. His work laid the ...
Lubega will represent the state during the Poetry Out Loud National Finals on May 5-7 in Washington, D.C., after winning the New Mexico finals in mid-March at the Lensic Performing Arts Center.
Poetry is the art of language used to convey emotions and experiences. From invoking passion to bringing an audience to a whole new world, poetry is a powerful tool of expression. In honor of ...
It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...
By McKinley Franklin Johnny Tillotson, the 1960s chart-topping and Grammy-nominated singer of “Poetry in Motion,” died Tuesday. He was 86. “It is with a broken heart that I write to let you ...
Johnny Tillotson, the singer behind Sixties hits “Poetry in Motion” and “It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin’,” has died at the age of 86. Tillotson’s wife, Nancy, confirmed the news in a ...
Tillotson was perhaps best known for the 1961 hit ‘Poetry In Motion’, as well as other hits like ‘Talk Back Trembling Lips’ and ‘It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin’, the latter of which was ...