Donate to Buzzin' Books' Crowdfunding campaign before April 30th and be automatically registered in this creative writing workshop. The co-owners of Buzzin’ Books are crowdfunding to glow up their pop-up bookstore into a full on brick and mortar in the heart of Buffalo, NY. Anyone who donates any amount to…

A ribcage is a poetic form invented by poet, Athena Liu, consisting of 24 lines alternating between 12-syllable lines and a monosyllabic…

Updated daily until March 31, 2023 28 A poem from I.S. Jones originally published in Shade Literary Arts. I had the privilege of learning from her in a course through Brooklyn Poets.

[This article is syndicated with permission from The Poetry Lab] [This article is now available in audio on YouTube] We, at The Poetry Lab, are so excited to announce our collaboration with Nigerian American film-maker, rapper, and spoken word artist, Amanda Eke (EH-kay) in sponsoring Season 3 of The Poet…

Wyoming earned its nickname, “The Equality State” for priding itself on being the first state to join the Union that allowed (white) women to vote and hold office. Women’s suffrage in Wyoming passed on December 10, 1869 while it was still considered a U.S. territory, and on September 6, 1870…

I was engaged to a competitive shooter. We were an odd couple, and our differing political views sat at the top of the list of reasons why we didn’t work out. [This article is available in audio on YouTube.] Will and I met on Tinder. We met up at a…

[This review is now available in audio on YouTube] Part memoir, part science, after receiving the disorienting news that her husband of 25 years wanted a divorce so he could find his soulmate, author and journalist Florence Williams followed her instincts on how to cope: She wrote about it. The…

It is nearly impossible to exist as a human being with an internet or cable connection and not hear about the defamation trial against Amber Heard. The case that started out as as whether or not her Op Ed defamed Johnny Depp has now turned into a “who was more…

[This essay is now available in audio on YouTube] In February 2019, I published my article Walk Away Partner Syndrome: It Has Probably Happened to You in which I chronicled the escalation I experienced with my former partner, Tracy, that led to our breakup. Despite the changes she promised to…