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Since Elif Batuman's marathon piece of criticism about Mark McGurl’s book —The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing—there's been a barrage of commentary and criticism about...

The passing of Carla Cohen,  co-owner of the renowned Politics and Prose independent bookstore in Washington, D.C., has deeply saddened book lovers everywhere.  Her passion for books was palpable, and...

. . . have just been announced: Poetry Kathleen Graber, The Eternal City Princeton University Press Terrance Hayes, Lighthead Viking Penguin James Richardson, By the Numbers Copper Canyon Press C.D. Wright, One with Others Copper Canyon Press Monica Youn,...

Seamus Heaney's Human Chain has received nothing but accolades—until now.  Satirical magazine Private Eye published a parody of the poet's work that straddles the line between tactful and tasteless. The Belfast...

The Charles Bukowski exhibit opened Saturday at the Huntington Library and features the poet's photos, letters, drafts of his writing, and even a racing form. His widow wanted to create...

Spoken-word poets Anis Mojgani, Buddy Wakefield, and Derrick Brown are hitting the road for their third "poetry revival" tour, Night Kite Revival. The triumvirate offers all sorts of zest and...

Visual Poetry has a long and rich history, but it can (ironically!) appear obscure given the ephemeral nature of most vispo publications, and the practice's international character.  Steve Fama has...

There’s been a debate, heightened since Juliana Spahr and Stephanie Young’s essay “Numbers Trouble,” on the relationship between gender and the opportunity for publication.  VIDA: Women in Literary Arts is...

Considering the controversy that L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine still generates today, more as a myth (or a straw man) than as an actual text, it’s a treat to be able to actually...

Most poetry prizes consist of money (tons!) or publication (prestigious!), but the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine’s Stem Cell Awareness Day poetry contest one-ups all those other ungernerous contests: the...