See the breaking news from the Times Union? "Facing a disturbing spike in COVID-19 positivity and the arrival of the omicron variant,...

In a sign that we're returning to a somewhat familiar post-pandemic life, our friend Dan Wilcox's Poets in the Park is back on our summer...

For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing poems by Maria Lisella A travel writer by profession, Maria curates the Italian American...

"What is the United States if not a clot of clouds? If not spilled milk? Or blood? If not the place we once were in the millions? America...

Today's weather, brought to you by the NYS Writers Institute: It's quite cold outside. In other news, NPR is reporting Amanda Gorman will...

Amanda Gorman, 22, America’s first-ever Youth Poet Laureate, gave a powerful reading of her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the 2021...

For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing a poem by Joan McNerney. Joan was profiled in a recent edition of Lucent Dreaming. She was...

"I went to see Robert Kelly, the great poet in residence [at Bard College], and asked him, 'I want to write in American, it's my fourth...

NYS Summer Writers Institute "Regular" Wins Nobel Prize in Literature "... for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty...

Irish poet Derek Mahon, a NYS Writers Institute guest in the spring of 1995, died Thursday night. His poem, "Everything is Going to be...

If you happen to be one of the lucky and rare souls near a beach on this Labor Day long weekend, I wonder if your sea gulls are still...

Mask By Cheryl A. Rice Cowboy, Ninja, Terrorist - you can play any role you like in your fashion mask of choice. The interwebs are...

When Wendy Roberts published her new book in July, she accomplished a distinctive feat: Awakening Verse: The Poetics of Early American...

Trip to the Post Office, March 17, 2020 By Phyllis Hillinger Loose money ready in pocket, flat rate box pre-addressed, I wait for cars to...

Writer, local businesswoman, adjunct professor, and mom. Melissa Hurt wears many hats. We can add poet and children's book author to the...

For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing a poem by Daniel Gorman. Daniel is one more than 70 poets, writers, and artists featured in...

Poets in the Park is celebrating more than 30 years of poetry readings in Albany's Washington Park. This year's event will take place 7...

NYS Poet Alicia Ostriker talks with NYS Writers Institute Director Paul Grondahl about poetry in the age of coronavirus and her own...

We caught up with UAlbany alumnus and poet and educator D. Colin and her partner, photographer Robert Cooper, who are hunkered down in...

Poetry for social change with Mark Nowak: RISSEing and Reframing By Cassandra Andrusz-Ho Ching Mark Nowak is a writer and founding...