Simón Mesa Soto’s acerbic film follows a perennially struggling middle-aged poet who finds a surprising source of purpose in ...

Written and directed by Colombia's Simón Mesa Soto, the movie strikes a complex tone of envy and artistic frustration while ...

A once-promising writer learns some painful lessons in a tragicomic Colombian tale.

AP film writer Jake Coyle says Ubeimar Rios creates a figure of farcical perfection: a tortured artist, equal parts comedy and tragedy.

This post was updated Oct. 19 at 10:51 a.m. Nathan Mosher originally planned to be a surgeon, but after a mentor told him he would be better off pursuing any other career, he found his calling in ...

Making fun of poetry feels like punching down; sincerity and contrived word choice are just such easy targets. And so a comedian who dares to marry his love of poetry and stand-up cuts a contradictory ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Alan Katz, who lives in Milford, Connecticut. Alan says, “I’ve been writing since Miss Gordon showed me the alphabet in kindergarten. But I’ve been a ...

There are many reasons why poems serve as good reading material for children, which is why we created a list of funny poems for children. Those reasons include the fact that poetry helps develop a ...

Edward Hirsch is one of the country’s most celebrated poets, which would have been a big surprise to his mother. She warned him growing up, “Poetry is fine so long as it sells products. Otherwise it’s ...

American Mariachi — Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave. Spending her days caring for her ailing mother, Lucha yearns to break her monotonous routine. Here's a wild idea: an all-girl mariachi ...