Poet Daljit Nagra revisits the BBC's poetry archive and selects Poetry Workshop - The Thread by Don Paterson from the landmark series exploring the pleasures of writing and reading poems. Presented, ...

Ronny Chieng, Gary Gulman and other comics are experimenting with long buildups that can be audacious … when they work.

The NYU student has a ‘dry sense of humor’ and is quite ‘intelligent,’ according to his tailor (AP) The NYU student boasted a dark blue suit and a matching tie at Monday’s ceremony.

The Irish have a rich tradition of storytelling and poetry, with their language full ... Irish is also full of humor and wit. One of the most famous examples of this is the saying "If you're ...

All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...

Conan O’Brien has been selected by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to receive the 26th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize, which is named to honor one of the world ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

Excerpts from the interview: Q: This latest volume, which is so slim but packs quite a punch, is quite a distillation of your work, isn't it?