The poet and author discusses the aesthetics of his writing, his relationship to Irishness, and his liberating debut novel, ...

On the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, two acclaimed authors who have written about the conflict and its ...

Poetry is resistance. Standing up to the cyber mayhem. Breathing art into the void. Today, we celebrate Poetry month.

There are a thousand different ways to use our voices to keep democracy alive,” BYU political science professor Jessica ...

Junauda Petrus, the second poet laureate of Minneapolis, plans to bring poetry to barber shops, buses and community spaces while engaging youth and elders through storytelling.

Ever since Vacaville resident Tatiana White was a little girl, she’s been a natural storyteller. Now, the culmination of her ...

Harron reflects on the controversial film, emphasizing its feminist perspective and critique of toxic masculinity.

To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

Never let it be said that Lady Gaga doesn’t play three-dimensional chess. She did that, quite literally, in one of a ...

The hardy, beautiful azalea is a mainstay in gardens worldwide. In the language of flowers, they symbolize temperance and ...

The collection brings Ceremonies back into print alongside a number of uncollected pieces pulled from the archives of such long-running publications as Obsidian, among others, spotlighting the work of ...

Hard rock and heavy metal have long had a love affair with the Vikings. Led Zeppelin arguably kicked the whole thing off with Immigrant Song in 1970, singer Robert Plant memorably wailing, ‘ Valhalla, ...