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At Black Rep, Women's Voices are Loud and Clear

"In the Continuum" reaches across continents to track the separate lives of two young women, one African and the other African-American, as they deal with the grave realities of the AIDS epidemic.

Poet Bob Hicok Reflects on Economic Hardships in Mich.

Bob Hicok was born and raised in Michigan, worked in factories and once owned an automotive die design business there before becoming a professor at Virginia Tech. His poetry reflects on the economic hardships suffered in his home state.

Poet Hicok Reflects on Economic Hardships in Mich.

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Some Like It Hot: Glass Art at Third Degree

Despite the medium's tendency toward transparency, glass blowing has a surprisingly opaque history.

Poet Craig Arnold Goes Missing on Writing Trip

An award-winning poet and assistant professor at the University of Wyoming disappeared after setting out to explore a volcano on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu-jima.

Bob Hicok Reads 'Weebles wobble but they don't fall down'

Poet Bob Hicok reads his poem "Weebles wobble but they don't fall down," which meditates on wealth disparity.

Bob Hicok

Poet Bob Hicok reads some of his poems.

Poet Craig Arnold Goes Missing on Writing Trip

By Tom LeGro

An award-winning poet and assistant professor at the University of Wyoming disappeared after setting out to explore a volcano on the Japanese island of Kuchinoerabu-jima.

Chuck Berry still thrills at Blueberry Hill

By Arts Desk

Chuck Berry is St. Louis music incarnate: hillbilly sound mixed with the rush of rhythm and blues.

Conversation: Poet Carl Phillips

By Arts Desk

To read Carl Phillips to enter a world of finely-wrought poems that explore mind and body, history and intimacy. Phillips is a professor of English and African-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis and a much praised and honored…