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Features a dialogue centered around poetry and the creative process, highlighting the complexities of artistic expression and the personal experiences of the poet, James Dickey. He reflects on the ...

Cassie Phillips, 32, the author of the poem "Let Them," was misidentified as another person with the same name.) This week my dear friend, Penny, sent me a powerful poem, read beautifully by an older ...

Ex- Mushroomhead vocalist Jeffrey Nothing has revealed that he's been diagnosed with cancer. The musician's daughter Mea ...

Aging does not have to be the loss of youthfulness. Feeling the spirit of youthfulness comes through forgiving life, play, ...

Meet Heartworms, the underground hero wowing St. Vincent and The Kills as she readies her debut album ‘Glutton For Punishment ...

The writer spent his life cultivating beauty—on the page and in the mirror—only to end it with a samurai-style suicide. Both ...

Poet Nikki Giovanni’s death on Dec. 9, 2024, hit me in a way that I had not expected. First, I didn’t know that she was ...