poetry

The Dallas native is a professor at SMU and graduated from Booker T. Washington.

In his new book “Occupy Whiteness,” Zihuantanejo includes poems, short essays and micro essays about Latino life in Dallas and beyond.

Zihuatanejo on lines, blank space and how to break the rules.

We're celebrating National Poetry Month with a video reading from a different North Texas poet each week. Poet and professor Darius Ajai Frasure dedicates his time helping young people discover and share their voices.

Rumi was a 13th-century Muslim, but he's the most downloaded poet in America. Now a Dallas chorus - with an Iranian composer and a Syrian digital artist - has created a rapturous version of Rumi's poetry.

We're celebrating National Poetry Month with a video reading from a different North Texas poet each week. We start with two works from Rah Kalon, who is inspired by the "infinite space of possibilities."

Fresh from her burst into the literary stratosphere after her appearance at President Biden's inauguration, poet Amanda Gorman will recite a new poem during the Super Bowl LV pre-show next Sunday.

There is no cure for Alzheimer’s. But there are people trying to make a difference for the millions of Americans who have the disease. Molly Meyer helps…

Nytesia Ross, a 19-year-old from Tyler, recently performed her original poem called "Teach Me" at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.She was…

As the holiday season begins to escalate, commentator Rawlins Gilliland sees poetry all around us.Years ago, when I first became a poet in residence, my…

For all the Houston versus Dallas bickering today, the two cities do have something in common. We drive. A lot. Last night at UT Dallas’ CentralTrak…

As the printed word falls into the digital abyss, what is to become of the legacies revolutionary writers prepare to leave? Andrei Codrescu is a…