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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 13, 2012 - The worst happens at 4 a.m. -- robberies, food poisoning, drunk dialing, car alarms,鈥�

Updated 3:00 p.m., Dec. 28, with "St. Louis on the Air" segment 鈥� When Michael Castro spoke in the City Hall Rotunda last month to pass the St. Louis poet鈥�

River Styx, St. Louis鈥� oldest literary magazine, will release its 100th issue this summer. And while that鈥檚 a big milestone on its own, the 43-year-old鈥�

Updated to include Michael Castro's poetry and interview audio, and reaction from poet Shirley Bradford LeFlore.Except for dotting the 鈥渋鈥檚鈥� and crossing鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: Reading this poem is like unwrapping a small gift 鈥� we experience the delicate and tactile opening鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 13, 2012 - For the first time since 1974, the River Styx monthly reading series will not be鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Sept. 13, 2012 - The character of Fool in William Trowbridge鈥檚 "Ship of Fool" series is sometimes the鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 26, 2012 - The phantom finger in this poem haunts the speaker 鈥� and possibly the reader as well鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 1, 2012 - Not many sonnets root for the drunks at homeless shelters, but more should. Though we鈥�

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, March 18, 2012 - Some say home is where you hang your hat or where the heart is. For Tom Waits it鈥檚鈥�