Reid Benditt, who used to publish “the Philadelphia Jabroni,” has opened Claude’s Comedy Club & Bar on South Broad Street.

Veteran actress Shabana Azmi has shared an update on her health after testing positive for H1N1, commonly known as swine flu.

Michael Stipe is offering another glimpse into his long-gestating solo era. The former R.E.M. frontman today (July 24) ...

Prize for Literature announces its 2026 longlist of 11 poetry collections competing for the prestigious $100,000 award ...

Page Against the Machine will be hosting an event by The People’s Mic on Saturday, July 25. All proceeds from the event will be donated to Órale, a Long Beach-based immigrant rights organization.

American Masters documentary on Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver features interviews with Maria Shriver, Oprah Winfrey, Stephen Colbert, and Helena Bonham Carter, alongside never-before-seen ...

Poet Sybil Kein first heard the Creole language as a child, and she was determined to preserve it. “She was all about ...

An atheist poet wrote two moving poems about her relationship with her Muslim husband, one from her perspective and one from ...

Hermes with his mother Maia. Detail of the side B of an Attic red-figure belly-amphora, ca. 500 BC painted by Nikoxenos. Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Some of the Homeric Hymns are simple ...

In his final days, Franz Wright tapped into a rich vein of material, recording dark, beautiful, and self-deprecating poems on ...

Look at the flowers and me. Paint the flowers overwhelmingly beautifully. That is the truth, after all. I don't need any flattery. vowing to dedicate his whole life to me. "You are more beautiful than ...

Thanksgiving often inspires us to get a little poetic. Thinking and speaking about the things we’re grateful for is a time-honored tradition, but it can be hard to put those feelings into words.