This week, Norman MacCaig falls under his Sauron-like gaze... POETRY is niche. Bung a few volumes on your shelves, preferably a collection called Opaque Stuff That Doesn’t Rhyme, and folk’ll think you ...

Water off a duck’s back. Norman MacCaig was an Edinburgh boy with the Highlands in his heart. Born on 14 November 1910, his ...

Sonnet Mondal’s Clamour for a Handful of Rice emerges firmly within this lineage, but it expands its reach in ways that make ...

Think of the lyrics of your favorite pop song. Are they like Taylor Swift's "All Too Well," which narrates the story of a ...

The jury panel for the Booker Prize 2026, the world's most prestigious prize for a single work of fiction, has been announced.Mary Beard, a renowned classicist, ...

The inner and outer forecasts don’t always match up. This short poem by Louise Glück starts out cold and stays that way for ...

Revered singer-songwriter John Darnielle has been leading the Mountain Goats since the mid-1990s, putting out brilliant albums like 2002’s ‘Tallahassee’ and 2019’s ‘In League With Dragons.’ He’s also ...

You might have heard your parents complaining that 'they don't make songs like they used to'. A study has confirmed it really ...

NAMM Announces Billy Corgan as Recipient of the TEC Innovation Award Presented at The 2026 NAMM Show 41st Annual NAMM TEC Awards will take place on Thursday evening, Jan. 22, during The NAMM Show ...

Enter Maverick Trevillian, a small American boy who went nuclear online after yelling “SIX SEVEN!” into a YouTube camera ...

March 9, 2026 Ages: 13 and older NEW: Resource guide Edmonds Center for the Arts (ECA) is inviting poets across the Puget ...

During a poetry workshop last month at the Independence Plaza Older Adult Center, Susan Horowitz reads to her fellow poets. Writing a poem, Horowitz said, "is a way of saying I matter, I exist, my ...