The Carl Sandburg poem “Chicago” has been a beloved local anthem for more than a century.

Crazy dream: from this cranium nothing escapes. ( Porcelain is a 49-poem elegy in which Durs Grünbein weaves history, memory and reflection to mourn and interrogate the destruction of his hometown ...

As we close out 2025, we take a moment to remember four of the city's bright talents who left a lasting mark on Milwaukee.

Poets have their own worldview, their own way of looking at things, So when it is about welcoming the new year, they weave words that are pure magic, .

As we approach the end of 2025, the Massachusetts Daily Collegian has listed a few of those musicians who died this year, who ...

Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, shared an excerpt from “Proof,” an original poem he has written for Zohran ...

I received an advance copy of the late Mario Vargas Llosa's novel "I Give You My Silence," scheduled for publication in late ...

IRELAND LOST MANY much-loved names this year. From activists, artists and sport stars to many famous others, here are some of ...

Sault Ste. Marie mourned the loss of a long-time civic leader, theatre veterans and business leaders in 2025. Peter Wright, ...

Northern New Mexico saw the loss in 2025 of Hollywood giants Gene Hackman, Robert Redford and Val Kilmer. It bid farewell to ...

Every year teaches us something about absence. Not just in the names that disappear from headlines, bylines, or album sleeves ...

A previous version of this story included inaccurate birth years for Ed Askew, Rich Hall and Jonathan Mayers. Askew was born in 1940. Hall was born in 1976. Mayers was born in 1974.