Mad Skillz gets that. The Virginia emcee has worked with all of the state’s highest-grossing hip-hop stars, from Pharrell ...

The spoken word event featured poet Sarah Kay and performances from Stanford’s Spoken Word Collective, which disentangled ...

Plan out which events you will attend during the city's three-day literature festival next weekend.

Discover the word juvenescence, meaning the renewal of youth. Originating from Latin, it signifies a return to youthful energy. This term, though uncommon, evokes beauty and vitality. It can describe ...

At the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters 2026, Australian poet and novelist Omar Bin Musa delivered a quietly ...

I feel that gaalis in movies shouldn’t be ‘beep, beep, beep.’ It should be said fully, exactly as it is meant to be spoken” ...

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s poetry, performance and films inspired generations of artists. Never forgotten after her murder, a new exhibition sheds light on her legacy.

Improbably, by rejecting the poetic ambitions of a young boy and subjecting him as a Black man in America to all manner of ...

Taking place simultaneously in Berlin, London, Stockholm, New York, Boston, and Hollywood, Florida, the festival spotlights ...

As festivals bring books into public life, their true power lies in inclusiveness, oral storytelling, and regional diversity, if they overcome elitism and commercialisation.

While commenting on the gatekeeping of the English language, Bruce Gilley, in his essay “Guarding the Gates of Our Language,” argues that once a culture loses control over its language, everything ...

Looking for something thought-provoking to attend this weekend? On Saturday, award-winning Palestinian-American poet and author Naomi Shihab Nye and celebrated actress Debra Winger will be in ...