Amitava Kumar’s "The Social Life of Indian Trains" explores the Indian Railways’ deep social, cultural, and emotional impact, blending personal stories, history, and commentary to reveal how trains ...

Recognised for championing outstanding poetry across the globe, with entries from over twenty countries, the Poetry Book Awards are a truly international competition, accessible to all through the ...

The book, described online as "comical poetry," meant to "strip the pretentiousness of poetry in a funny and enlightening way," is filled with sexual innuendoes, foul language and references to drugs, ...

Sonoma resident Valerie Sherer Mathes, arguably the leading scholar focusing on a significant but sometimes not fully understood American Indian reform movement, has just authored her 13th book, at ...

Vanessa Lillie delves deeply into the treatment of American Indian communities and the preservation of their remains in “The Bone Thief,” her second formidable novel about Cherokee archaeologist Syd ...

MANKATO — Richard Meyer has never been a prolific writer, describing himself instead as sporadic. “I can’t force myself to sit down and force a poem to come,” said the Mankato author. “I have to begin ...

I remember the first time I picked up Shel Silverstein’s Where the Sidewalk Ends in my elementary school library. It was filled with delightfully clever and funny rhymes, and the words danced off my ...

CARBONDALE — Local poet and SIU professor Allison Joseph recently released a collection of poems Dwelling, which she said is “about home and how we find home, how home is in other people.” Among the ...

“The Bible and Poetry,” by Michael Edwards, translated by Stephen E. Lewis, (New York Book Review: New York City), 2023, 157 pages, softcover.

Members of the First Thursday Poetry Group share a laugh during their monthly session last week. From left: Cal Benson, Billie Anderson, Cathy A. Cato, Deborah Rasmussen, Jan Chronister, Meridel Kahl ...

International, English language poetry book contest for self published writers, and small indie presses. Now, in the 7th year, the next competition includes a new Children’s Book Prize and increased ...