I once listened to an Australian scholar, fluent in Japanese, speak passionately about the beauty of the word “sakura-fubuki” ...

On March 21, as the world marked World Poetry Day, many questions came to mind, among them, the one chosen as the title of this discourse. Like other cultures around the globe, our culture as ...

I’ve been part of different slam scenes for the past 20 years. I’ve seen a lot of bad slam poetry. I’ve performed a lot of ...

Singer-songwriter Valerie June, who began her career as a blues singer, has moved pretty far away from that with her fourth ...

So says Bob Dylan who refers to him as ‘Million Dollar Ash’. What better title than ‘Million Dollar Bash’ (a Dylan song ...

Vauhini Vara consulted ChatGPT to help craft her new book, “Searches.” But the most moving sections are the ones she wrote ...

In French, the "r" sound comes from the throat and I found the best practice was repeating the word "très" (very). For Spanish, rolling the "r" is done with the tongue, and can be practiced using the ...

It’s the middle of April, in ’Twenty-five, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry ...

It's the middle of April in '25, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry Wadsworth ...

Cyndi Lauper walks on stage to an explosion of rainbow confetti and dives straight into She Bop, an ode to masturbation.