Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Silas House is one of Kentucky's favorite sons because he is so many things to so many people: Kentucky poet laureate, novelist, ...

MURDER BALLADS: Asheville-based author John Garland Wells also fronts the punk-poetry band Bad Ties. Photo by Claire Barratt “One of my big guilty pleasures is true-crime stuff,” says John Garland ...

Let’s go right to the core of the report: The case attracted significant media attention after a note, apparently written in the form of a “haiku” poem — a short form of Japanese verse — was left ...