When David Harrison originally asked me to write my first column for “Poetry from Daily Life,” I spoke of Harry Bliss’ New Yorker cartoon: he draws a lady introducing her son as a poet. The folks ...

Many years ago I heard some marvelous advice from the co-director of the UCLA Writing Project, Jane Hancock, about choosing the right words. She was speaking of prose, but I think it’s extra-good ...

I always wanted to be a writer. Well, maybe not always. When I was 10, I wanted to be the centerfielder for the New York Giants. My writing ambitions began when I was 18 and attending a community ...

Opinion writing is famous for a host of microlabels — columns, editorials, op-eds, guest essays, letters to the editor and even cartoons. While each of these pieces serves a distinct purpose, their ...

The University of Connecticut’s Creative Writing Club is currently looking for new writers in preparation for the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) to begin. The club meets at 6:30 p.m. on ...