An anthology of her teenage poetry, published for the first time, shows ambition, even if the verse isn’t perfect.

Quick, name a few stereotyped roles for women in literature. Whore with a heart of gold, overachiever, shrew. Victorian angel ...

Poetry is known for its brevity. And tell me, where are the poetic politicians like John F. Kennedy, who said, “When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations." ...

When you find the shapes and proportions you like, revisit those initial questions and focus on infusing the character’s ...

Bringing a character to life is far from easy; it's incredibly challenging to give personality and make it shine through just ...

In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments ...

Joann Pagano Weber stands in front a shop window on Main Street in Saugerties displaying portaits of local people that she created for National Poetry Month. (Photo by Lauren Thomas) Hey, how’s your ...

With raunchy sketches and impressive improvisation, Asinine let its unique skill set shine with “Hey Siri, don’t be afraid.” ...

The detailed drawing includes an array of whimsical characters, abstract shapes, and possibly some animal or humanoid figures, all emerging from the natural flow of the stains. The sketch, which ...

And, of course, it comes just after we talked about how this cast doesn't rely on recurring sketches. Enter another line-up-at-the-mic-as-crazy-characters sketch, Marcello Hernández's acting ...

Saturday Night Live’s "Jury Duty" sketch feels like what happens when the writers have too many absurd character ideas and decide to throw them all in one room. The result is a chaotic courtroom ...

In one of the more benign instances, the researchers elicited glimpses of Claude’s thought process while it wrote poems ... to that of the hyper-evil character Iago in Shakespeare’s play ...