On our final National Poetry Month episode of the year, Bonita Lee Penn shares a hopeful poem inspired by death (no really).

A visit to a New York City expands Staci Halt's understanding of poetry.

July Westhale ’13 imagines life in outer space with her forthcoming poetry collection "Moon Moon." On this episode, she gives us a preview with "the world as it is."

Robbie Gamble shares an unforgettable poem from his experiences working with immigrants in the Southwest.

Poetry is great, right? Why don't we read it more? Poet and professor Kevin Prufer gives us practical ways to start reading poetry and why it's (sometimes) better than fiction.

In Hayley Krischer's "The Falling Girls," a mysterious death, friendship, betrayal, and social media mix to create a "thrilleresque" and compulsively readable young adult novel.

Step aside hygge, there's a new non-English word that you need to know and Pamela Petro has written a beautiful book about it with "The Long Field: Wales and the Presence of Absence."

Margaret F. Chen's short story collection "Suburban Gothic" peers behind the facade of life in the 'burbs.

In "Blue Desert," Celia Jeffries tells the story of a young English woman abducted by a nomadic tribe into the Sahara.

We're midway through National Novel Writing Month, and we've got two NaNoWriMo veterans to share their advice. Whether or not you're trying to pen 50,000 words on your novel this month or are thinking about setting writing goals, our NaNoWriMo alums will give you tips for staying the course and what to do when you don't make those goals.