The poet laureate will serve as an ambassador for the arts to promote creative expression and inspire writers across the ...

On the south side of the river / inside a mossy grove / they say there lives a boy / with pockets full of gold… So begins a poem, titled “The Cowboy,” about a real-life folk hero of sorts: Ben ...

The famous biblical book alludes to God only once. Historically, though, most interpreters have argued the poem’s about love ...

Inorganic and organic, pain and joy are reconciled in Padel’s poetry through a celebration of diversity, emotional, ...

Country music singer Reyna Roberts says she refuses to 'fit anybody's criteria' of country music and is choosing to be ...

Renowned US poet-writer of Palestinian origin, Nathalie Handal, has said since her childhood days she had been perpetually moving from one place to another and hence her literary works reflect her ...

Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary launched ‘Nalanda: How it Changed the World’ at the fifth edition of the Grand ...

VLR publishes a variety of poetry, prose and visual art in both a print and online issue each semester. Submissions are open ...

A handful of technocrats, convinced of their intellectual superiority, occupy key positions of power. They champion a ...

Enough cannot be said about the singing, the dancing, the costume and production design and more in William Kentridge's ...

Saturday marked day two of Birmingham’s 16th annual Kami-Con. According to the convention’s website, “Kami-Con is a three-day ...

The Black national anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” has sparked social media-fueled backlash in the lead-up to Sunday’s ...