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Isabella Dail, head editor of The Prospect and staff writer for News, interviews Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon about his ...

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A worldwide poetry competition is open to entries for the eighth year running, as part of a city's literature festival.

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Hartsburg native Kieron Walquist was one of five poets to win the prestigious 2024 National Poetry Series Competition.

A new novel from Elizabeth Strout featuring three popular characters, and a collection of poems, photographs and stories ...