Fail Again Fail Even Better – The Struggles of an Obscure Irish Poet, by Karl MacDermott, published by Troubador Publishing, ...

In honor of the city's bicentennial, Jacksonville poet laureate Andy Mitchell is writing a series of poems centered on the ...

In the debut author’s The Poet Empress (Bramble, Jan.), set in a world where poetry is magic but women aren’t allowed to read, a peasant girl becomes a prince’s concubine.

Sarah Curran is remembered as the tragic figure whose fiancé Robert Emmet was executed, but she was also an important member ...

Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts will be released on Nov. 4.

Brandi Carlile offers track-by-track background and commentary on all 10 songs from 'Returning to Myself,' including 'Church ...

She had to be pushed to write her new memoir, “Book of Lives.” The result reveals the experiences (and a few slights) that have shaped her work.

An early participant in the eccentric collection of artists known as Fluxus, she was perhaps best known for pieces centered on a humble tuna sandwich and a giant salad.

The Belfast-born poet, who died five years ago, left us a precious legacy of transcendent beauty, vigour, wit and profundity ...

I must enter our life like a comet, I must sing, preach, struggle, weep and burn…” — Avetik Isahakyan It is rare for the poet ...

Elisabeth Pike’s second novel, Christopher, Running, has been a long time coming. She first began writing about The Fens of eastern England where the book is set during her GCSE English lessons and ...

This article appears in the December 2025 print edition with the headline “Patti Smith’s Lifetime of Reinvention.” ...