In four new collections, a frank look at disability, a celebration of domestic life (and dogs), a gathering of hushed moments ...

Dorothy Parker's posthumously published collection is Poems; Camilla Barnes' debut novel is The Usual Desire to Kill. Both ...

Today we’ve got children’s picture books that emphasize kindness and anti-violence, and a new collection about New York from ...

An event with internationally-acclaimed poet Mosab Abu Toha, which was supposed to take place at Stanford on April 3, was ...

Sometimes readers need a story that evokes intense emotions, and thankfully, there are plenty of books that will do just that.

a book of poetry has been selected. “You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World,” an anthology edited and introduced by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón, features 50 American poets observing and ...

Having the time of his life: The cast of Sad Book, with Alan Coveney (centre) as Michael Rosen, while the writer narrates offstage Photo: Josh Brady Sad Book was written in the wake of the sudden ...

It weighs upon him, troubles him. He is almost thirty. Seldom has he allowed a person of such advanced age to enter his books. “I have written a story. It is not about the younger generation.

People since the dawn of time have been feeling so sad like me ... Limón also has a new book called “Startlement — New and Selected Poems,” coming out in September. Today’s essayist ...

the Poetry Out Loud state champion, and Kelly Moon will do a reading together at the Western Folklife Center’s Pioneer Bar at 6:30 p.m. Griffin will also host a book club meeting on Tuesday at n ...

I think that they should read a book. I don’t know. I’ve always liked sad girl—and boy—music, but I think it’s pretty reductive if you were to call someone like Elliott Smith or Thom ...

In her charming introduction to this anthology, US poet laureate Ada Limón suggests that poems and trees “let us breathe together.” This comment calls to mind priest and poet Gerard Manley Hopkins’s ...