Life Isn’t Perfect. But This Poem Might Be.
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...
Greek Reporter1d
World Poetry Day: Ancient Greece’s Classics, From Homer to Sappho’s Poems
As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...
New America1d
Celebrating the Power of Words: Poems from New America Fellows Clint Smith and Sarah Kay
Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the ...
Jewish Journal1d
I Have Questions – A poem for Parsha Vayakhel
Rick Lupert, a poet, songleader and graphic designer, is the author of 28 books including “God Wrestler: A Poem for Every ...
I researched poetry written during COVID – five years on, here’s how people say it helped them
The American scholar of 20th-century literature and culture Elizabeth Outka has argued that works such as The Second Coming ...
The New Yorker1d
The Resurrection of a Lost Yiddish Novel
At the end of the twentieth century, Chaim Grade preserved the memory of a Jewish tradition besieged by the forces of ...
Detroit Free Press28d
Michigan's poet laureate is the third in state history. What to know about Dr. Melba Boyd
Dr. Melba Joyce Boyd, a distinguished professor, has been named Michigan's third poet laureate. Boyd is an award-winning author with 13 published books and a passion for promoting poetry.
The New Yorker16d
A Poet’s Contemporary Twist on the Bildungsroman
Good Girl,” by the German-born writer Aria Aber, asks what it means to want to belong to a society that wishes you harm.
WLRN9d
This West Kendall poet wrote the first ever Zip Ode. Ten years on, South Florida still inspires her
Beatriz Fernandez was the first person to submit a Zip Ode in 2015, about her neighborhood. This year marks the tenth ...
The Jamaica Observer29d
New poet laureate to celebrate and promote the art of poetry in Jamaica
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaica’s newly appointed Poet Laureate, Professor Kwame Dawes, plans to celebrate and promote the art of poetry throughout the island during his tenure. Custos Rotulorum ...
The Daily Californian18h
Kaveh Akbar and Tommy Orange: Wandering writers talk poetry, art and frozen mango
The two writers, currently on a joint book tour through the Bay Area, sat down with The Daily Californian in San Francisco’s ...
The Boston Globe8d
The Italian poet who is DOGE’s unlikely muse
But clues can be found in the figure of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, an Italian poet who, in the early 20th century, founded the Futurist movement and later contributed to the founding of fascism.