Poetry

The lifelong McLean County resident wrote a collection of poems over the course of a year, detailing the beauty and nuance of life in Central Illinois.

Poet Cathy Gilbert doesn't shy away from tough topics, but her most recent collection was as much a coping mechanism as an artistic expression. Her new book examines becoming a mother for the first time — to twins — as her own mother was dying.

Looking for last-minute gift ideas? Two new poetry collections by Bloomington-Normal artists may be just what you need for a cozy holiday at home.

An Illinois State University student with a gift for words and a heart for equality has been nationally recognized for her poetry skills.English education…

Poetry comes out in all of us from time to time. And its subjects come from both heart and history.Jim Tosh is a furniture salesman in Bloomington. He…

Concerts from long, long ago are more than just memories for scholar and poet Tim Hunt. As a young man attending concerts in the 50s, 60s and 70s, Hunt…

Poet James Plath says some contemporary poetry can seem overly academic, inaccessible and off-putting to readers. He wants none of that. The poems in his…

It's a position with a grand title, but no job description, no budget, no staff, and no salary.Yet, poet and Bradley University Professor Kevin Stein…

She was the first African American ever to win the Pulitzer Prize, and first black woman inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She was…

There were few books in Cornelius Eady's household when he was growing up in Rochester, New York."We barely had a radio," he recalled on GLT's Sound…