Adrian S. Potter delivers a bold collection of prose and poetry that explores grief, identity, and the modern human ...

An imaginative assertion of how Richard Wright tried to understand and navigate his world. A live multimedia theatrical presentation chronicling the story of Mr. Wright from his migration from ...

Otilia Donaire sings a version of the blues that has both grit and polish, and a little funk, too. The San Francisco-based artist has a voice that can, on a dime, command or sweetly cajole, and she’s ...

In Kevin Young's new collection, Book Of Hours, poems about the death of his father appear alongside poems about the birth of his son. He tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that, in a way, those events ...

Explore Michigan’s lumbering history from the perspectives of lumberjacks and towering trees. Discover Michigan’s lumberjacks and learn how to write a blues poem, blending history and poetry to ...

Reading the title of John Sinclair’s new CD, it’s easy to tell he believes lyrics are more than just filler for the dead space between solos. Fattening Frogs for Snakes (Okra-Tone Records) is not your ...

In the spirit of celebrating the arts in its myriad forms, here are four songs you may not have known were adapted from poems ...

Kevin Young's 2012 essay collection The Grey Album: On The Blackness Of Blackness was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. In Kevin Young's new collection, Book Of Hours, poems about ...