March 15, 2021 When we put out the call for submissions last spring, the word "coronavirus" was indeed novel. Since then, we've witnessed...

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

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

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...

Here is a copy of the email Paul Grondahl sent to the 74 poets, writers, artists, and photographers who contributed work to our Trolley...

More than 70 writers, poets, and artists are featured in the NYS Writers Institute's online journal Here's a link:...

A couple weeks ago, we posted Life Lessons from Gardening, a video chat with Judith Fetterley, who left academia after 30 years as a...

For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing a recent poem by Amy Nedeau titled "Structure." While its theme is related to the COVID-19...