Human speech is rich with rhythm. As a person speaks, certain syllables are naturally emphasized, whereas others blend into the background. In this way, regular conversation becomes poetic. Language ...

This week’s guest on “Poetry from Daily Life” is Marilyn Singer, who divides her time between Brooklyn, New York and Washington, Connecticut. Marilyn has been a writer for fifty years and enjoys many ...

Former Quad City Poet Laureate Dale Haake will teach a free workshop on how to read your poetry out loud from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m.Thursday, March 31, at theMidwest Writing Center, in the Bucktown Center ...

The EIU Lions in Winter Literary Festival hosted masterclasses, readings and roundtables with two guest authors in the Doudna ...

1123 TODAY IS WORLD READ ALOUD DAY, A GLOBAL CELEBRATION OF THE POWER OF READING AND STORYTELLING, A MILWAUKEE WOMAN’S PASSION FOR READING ALOUD HAS GONE VIRAL. JOINING ME NOW IS JEANETTE JUSTICE, THE ...

Join the global celebration of World Read Aloud Day, highlighting the importance of reading aloud in fostering literacy and community connection, particularly in South Africa's diverse cultural ...

What exactly constitutes a poem? To some contemporary writers, one might consider a shopping list of milk, eggs, oats and tea a form of poetry. Classicists will look towards narrative epics by the ...

The events where Australian readers have long gathered to hear writers speak about their work are often annual (like festivals) and mostly in the big cities. As podcasts have become a way Australians ...