The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

From 1950: The author travels to Algeciras on a train that spends the greater part of its time standing still.

oceans…for Edward Field by Richard Vargas i. i was just an undergrad who paid 30 bucks (a serious wad of cash for me during the 70s) for a weekend poetry workshop taking place at a house in Carlsba…

CHAPTER 2: LONG LOST FRIEND And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. – Psalm 50:15 Did I need to say it? Apparently so and I replied as gently a…

The weather has become untrustworthy, for determining the seasons and otherwise. As I write this introduction, the leaves remain stubbornly green, and outside my window there is torrential rain. Bu…

A new Detroit exhibit features audio poetry from displaced writers sharing their powerful experiences of asylum.

Call him daddy

This interview was conducted in September 2016 and first published, along with the poem “Secret of the Masters,” the next month in the now-defunct Eris Magazine. The poem “Doggy Love” is published…

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A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.

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The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

The New Verse News presents politically progressive poetry on current events and topical issues.

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Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd is the third poet laureate here in the State of Michigan.

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Every so often—sometimes in October, when the annual Best American Short Stories anthology is published, or on the infrequent occasions when an iconic short story writer like George Saunders, Alice…

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Dublin author Djamel White has become the youngest author to make it onto the Booker Prize longlist for 2026.

Can civilization survive the postliterate era?

From novel-inspired vacations to bookstore hopping, more travelers are planning trips around their love of books.

“And then along came Hemingway.

The author wrote a tale that challenged the nation’s founding myths. Then it disappeared.