Delhi Publisher Launches Monthly Literary Events to Address Growing Demand for Open Mic Spaces

New Delhi [India], November 1: BookLeaf Publishing announced this week it will host a series of open mic nights and literary gatherings across Delhi starting December, joining a growing number of ...
LAist

Murray Mednick, award-winning playwright and long-time SoCal theater influencer, dies at 86

Mednick died on Oct. 17 at 86 years old of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, said Christina Singleton via email. She was ...
LAist

SoCal playwright

Murray Mednick, nationally-influential playwright and founder of SoCal theater festival, dies at 86. Why it matters: Mednick was a founder of New York’s “off-Broadway” movement in New York in the ...
University of Denver

Chancellor Jeremy Haefner Delivers State of the University Address

On Thurs., Oct. 30, Chancellor Jeremy Haefner delivered the State of the University address before a packed audience of ...
Comicbook.com

Star Wars: The High Republic Writer Explains The Importance of Young Yoda, Addresses Controversy

The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy ends with Yoda’s literal and figurative fall from grace, as Dark Sidious rises and conquers the galaxy in the name of the Sith and the Galactic Empire. Yoda’s role in the ...
The Irish Times

Colm Tóibín on The Poems of Seamus Heaney: ‘A process of finding echoes and associations’

The last poem Seamus Heaney completed appears towards the end of this magisterial book. It was commissioned by the National Gallery to celebrate its 150th anniversary. The final draft of the poem was ...
The Sun

‘Relentlessly doing down Britain!’ Fury at woke British Museum poem claiming people concerned about migrants are ‘chavs’

Scroll down to watch the full episode of Harry Cole Saves the West THE British Museum has been slammed for releasing a “self-loathing” poem about racism in the UK. To mark National Poetry Day, actor ...
BBC

Previously unpublished Seamus Heaney poems released

Heaney has long been internationally recognised as the greatest Irish poet since WB Yeats A new book of Seamus Heaney's work "represents the full arc of his writing life in one place," a Heaney expert ...
Christian Science Monitor

‘There is an inner poet in all of us.’ Laureate Arthur Sze on poetry as discovery.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
The Express Tribune

Mehfil-e-Sukhan celebrates Urdu poetry

A vibrant event titled 'Mehfil-e-Sukhan' celebrated the timeless art of Urdu poetry in the federal capital, bringing together some of Pakistan's most distinguished poets and poetry enthusiasts. The ...
Manchester City F.C.

The Stadium Speaks - a poem by Lemn Sissay

We are proud to release a special poem called 'The Stadium Speaks' to recognise and honour the influential Black figures who have helped shape Manchester City. To celebrate Black History Month, the ...
BBC

Previously unpublished Seamus Heaney poems released

A new book of Seamus Heaney's work "represents the full arc of his writing life in one place," a Heaney expert has said. A major new volume of the late writer's work brings together his published and ...