Patrycja Humienik’s debut poetry collection, “We Contain Landscapes,” explores chronic illness, climate change, borders and ...

Piper Niven loves to pay homage. She once paid tribute to The Mountie on an episode of SmackDown, one of the highlights of ...

“Kanye West is not Picasso / I am Picasso / Kanye West is not Edison / I am Edison / I am Tesla / Jay-Z is not the Dylan of anything / I am the Dylan of anything / I am the Kanye West of Kanye West,” ...

“Pag-ibig sa Tinubiang Lupa,” was an invitation to slow down, to breathe, and to reconnect the simple beauty that often goes ...

These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.

Hundreds of events were hosted where the pain, grief, compassion and sacrifice of those difficult times was remembered.

A new book by David Fathers is always cause for celebration. Each of his guides features a dozen or so superbly researched ...

Chicago has always been a city of storytellers, and rapper Freddie Old Soul is one of its most dynamic voices. Born from the poetry scene, nurtured by the ...

In the early 2000s, Monica Lewinsky retreated into private life — at least to the extent it was possible. In the decade-ish ...

Slam poetry in Chicago is getting a shot in the arm from Frankie’s Tee, a media platform and talk show founded in 2024. Hosted by west-side natives Tanya “Tee” Smith and Frankie Fabre, Frankie’s Tee ...

Natalie Eilbert often encounters people at the worst moments in their lives. They tell her later that her stories, and her ...

The actor reflects on his Nickelodeon days and the fame that followed in his new poetry book. On publication day, he took us along for a hectic night in the East Village.