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Anja Notanja Sieger revives typewriter poetry by crafting poems live in public spaces. Setting up a vintage typewriter in public spaces throughout Milwaukee, poet and performance artist Anja Notanja ...

Sandra Martin, a petite mother of four, earnestly asks total strangers if they're willing to listen as she delivers one of her spoken-word poems live. Her audiences? Usually, they're shoppers pushing ...

PARMA, Ohio -- A poet and he didn’t even know it: That’s the story of Parma native James Uline, 74, who a quarter of a century ago discovered his poetic-writing talents after experiencing a spiritual ...