The opening poem of this year’s Magic City Poetry Festival paid reverence to Birmingham’s history. The month-long celebration of the literary art commenced Saturday morning with Alabama poet laureate ...

Matthew Burgess and Doug Salati met on a blind date. "We share the same agent," explains Burgess. "She said, 'You need to meet this client of mine.'" Over coffee in Brooklyn, they discovered that they ...

But growing up, the 26-year-old'sview of poetry was heavily influenced by those two men, "both of whom were writers who have experiences that I didn't identify with as a working-class Salvadoran girl ...

During National Poetry Month, there’s more verse in the Magic City than at any other time of year — and not just because of the O, Miami Poetry Festival. Poets like Alexis Caputo are repping the art ...

Magic City Books is honoring National Poetry Month with a visit from poet Steven Leyva, who will present his latest chapbook, The Opposite of Cruelty. Leyva is scheduled to appear at the store on ...

What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime? Words with Wings and... In 'Words with Wings and Magic Things,' poetry is ...