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In this issue: These plant-based patties will turn you into a burgertarian | Keystone Thrust Trail: A poem by DeAnna Beachley | Finding history and…

In this issue: Writer Sterling HolyWhiteMountain: ‘At the risk of sounding like an asshole, I might have, like, six novels sitting on my hard drive’ | The…

“Odes”, the latest book of poetry by Sharon Olds is full of eye-catching titles, including: "Ode of Broken Loyalty;" "Hip Replacement Ode;" "Ode to the…

On Saturday, August 27, the poet laureate’s office under the direction of Bruce Isaacson continues its “Clark County Poets of National Stature” Reading…

Syd Stewart is a poet, actor, and the founder of Better Youth, a Los Angeles-based organization that uses the arts to inspire young people. She lives in…

From Desert Companion: "Bird of Prey" by Heather LangThis past April, Heather Lang visited us here at KNPR. She read her poem, “Paradise, Nevada.”Heather…

Your green Arcadian hills do not interest me.The bird-bright eyes of every bird cared for,the way it is promised, the way it is written,everyone fat on…

Many of us happily said goodbye poetry in high school.Why spend so much energy struggling with an image? Why worry about meter and rhyme when the same…

At the baccarat table players bend cards into paper swans cranes, airplanes, exquisite origami sculptures one delicate, deliberate fold at a time before…

Amanda Titolo spent three months preparing to recite a poem that lasted 30 seconds. But the hard work paid off: the high school student won the Nevada…