Wausau’s poet laureate makes poetry personal, accessible and local

By Shereen Siewert– Wisconsin Public Radio As Wausau celebrates National Poetry Month, Tiffany Rodriguez-Lee is using her platform as the city’s second poet laureate to foster connection, creativity and reflection through the written word. In a …

Russian Writer Maria Stepanova: Poetry and the Responsibility of Memory

Russian poet, writer and essayist Maria Stepanova attended Literary Talks 2025 and told BTA’s Asen Georgiev in an interview that collective memory can easily replace history, warning that governments and social-media echo chambers often turn it into a …

Poetry slay comes to Nicosia

Think you have a way with words? The Poetry Slay Challenge by Keno Publications invites poets, writers and logophiles to an evening in Nicosia dedicated to performance poetry. This Thursday night, the Flea Theatre will fill with writers who seek to …

SCFA's Cultural Office hosts musical and poetry shows in SCRF

As part of its commitment, the Cultural Office collaborated with Sharjah Private School to create a musical play titled "Memorisation Class" on the family theatre stage. Salha Obaid Ghabish wrote the play, which features poetry based on …

Sarah Snook’s Plays 26 'Dorian Gray' Characters; Documentary on Public Libraries; Poetry Month Wraps Up; A Memoir About ...

Emmy-winning actor Sarah Snook discusses her athletic, impressive turn as 26 different characters in a one-woman production of "The Picture of Dorian Gray," running now at the Music Box Theater. The new documentary "Free for All: The Public …

Celebrate Poetry Day at Mayo's Books at One

Published: Tue 29 Apr 2025, 10:00 AM CELEBRATE Poetry Day Ireland on Thursday, May 1, with an evening of multi-lingual poetry readings and music at Books at One in Louisburgh. Enjoy poetry reading in Spanish and English from Isabela Basombrío Hoban, with …

In exile, and in poetry, Daud Haider carried his homeland in his heart

Does my country remember me? — Let it not./ Stay blessed, my motherland./ My heart asunder with grief,/ I roam, rootless, on alien shores/ Silence overwhelms my ways/ Darkness blinds the earth and the heavens,/ Stars adrift in …

In Focus: Poetry and preserving Black Appalachian history

In photos: The Met Gala 2025’s star-studded red carpet

The 2025 Met Gala delivered a night of fearless fashion, rooted in history, pride, and bold declarations through design. This year’s theme, Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, drew inspiration from the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute …

This restaurateur never made it past fifth grade. Now she runs a roadside library.

The fragrance of tea brewing and the earthy aroma of round flatbreads baking fill the air. The busy kitchen rings with the sounds of steel pots clanging. Meanwhile, the restaurant’s visitors are lost in a different world, their heads buried in books or …