U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey to Publish Memoir

Last month, Mississippi-born Emory University faculty member Natasha Trethewey was named the next U.S. Poet Laureate by the Library of Congress. Her tenure will begin this September, when she will take over the role from Philip Levine....  read more

Patti Smith: Just Kids

Bohemian Rhapsody Patti Smith made a promise to the celebrated photographer Robert Mapplethorpe that she would one day write their story. Now, twenty years after Mapplethorpe’s death to AIDS-related complications, Smith has kept her word, immortalizing their journey of innocent love and artistic pursuits amidst New York City’s bohemia in her memoir, Just Kids....  read more

Ron Rash

Ron Rash is at the top of his game with Serena...  read more