"Passage (With Frequent Stops)" by Haslett author Joyce Benvenuto is an intriguing and highly entertaining collection of poetry and prose. Benvenuto aptly notes in her brief introduction: "I give you ...

There are two different types of bibliotherapy. This article discusses clinical bibliotherapy. For developmental bibliotherapy (using stories to support children’s common social and emotional needs ...

Dying to Know You, By Aidan Chambers, Amulet Books, 275 pp., $16.95, ages 13-16 British author Aidan Chambers won the 2003 Michael L. Printz award for his novel "Postcards From No-Man's Land." His ...

AMERICAN literature, excellent as it is by way of its poetry, is excellent much more by way of its prose. Received opinion, however, stands for the converse. Conscious that in emotion, invention, and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Literary Cleveland, the nonprofit organization and creative writing center working to elevate local writers and their work, is bringing back their Cleveland Poetry Festival. It ...

The local literary community is always working, creating and crafting to express themselves and connect with readers. Three mainstays of the community have books either recently released or ...

Mario Cuomo once famously remarked, "You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose." This metaphor, highlighting the shift from rhetoric to reality, applies to various contexts. A good example is the ...

IT IS usually dangerous for anyone whose gift is one art to attempt to follow another. The pitfalls of following poetry when your gift is prose are obvious enough to ...