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The 21st annual National Poetry Slam is well underway in the Twin Cities, where over 500 spoken-word artists from seventy-six teams have come to partake in the the “Superbowl of...

‘I must go in, the fog is rising,’ said Emily Dickinson whilst on her deathbed. For the macabre and death-obsessed in all of us, the Guardian had put together a...

Between the pressure from uber-retailers like Wal-Mart that undercut prices and the rise in electronic books on Amazon and Apple's iBookstore, Barnes and Noble, once the nation’s bookstore superpower, has...

The National Poetry Slam landed in the Twin Cities this week, and the 3 Minute Egg was there to capture the highlights.

Officials in Southern Sudan gave word that lyrics for a new national anthem are needed, and they’re turning to the nation’s poets and writers for inspiration. If a January vote...

The BBC reports that sculptor Martin Jennings has been commissioned to create a life-sized bronze statue of poet Philip Larkin to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the celebrated poet’s death. The...

The contemporary best seller list rests once again in the shadow of the Shadow of Sirius. Poet laureate W.S. Merwin’s latest collection returns to the top spot after...

Read the backstory of how one of the 20th century's greatest performance poets got snubbed over at Dangerous Minds.

In this blog post at The Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates meditates on White Heat, Brenda Wineapple's book on Emily Dickinson's correspondence with author and abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Though Higginson...

In 1960, young Muscovites began gathering in Triumfalnaya Square (pictured) to read aloud poetry banned by the communist government. Today, the square stands as a symbol of freedom and is...