At its apex, ancient Rome is believed to have had 1,000,000 inhabitants, monumental architecture and advanced infrastructure. It was also, according to Ron Singerton’s novel “Villa of Deceit” (Penmore Press, 2015), a dangerous labyrinth reeking of arrogance, corruption, abuse of power, and an environment where the fittest survived and others were trampled upon — a…

The Idyllwild Arts Academy Adult Arts Center presents a spring poetry workshop/retreat featuring noted poet Suzanne Lummis. Lummis’ poems have appeared in the Hudson Review, Antioch Review, The New Yorker and the American Journal of Poetry. Lummis edited “Wide Awake: Poets of Los Angeles and Beyond” (Beyond Baroque Books, 2015) noted in the Los Angeles…