The Root on MSN1d
After Florida Banned Amanda Gorman's Inaugural Poem, She Sent This Warning to Parents
Gorman cautions parents to be awake to the rise in book bans across the country, which will primarily impact children of middle and low-income families.
Quanta Magazine7d
The Poetry Fan Who Taught an LLM to Read and Write DNA
“We hope to improve all of these aspects with machine learning.” Quanta spoke with Hie about the parallels between DNA and human language, what Evo can and can’t do, and the poetry in programming. The ...
WGBH26d
How the presidential inauguration became poetry's biggest stage
There have only been six in the history of the United States, starting in 1961 with Robert Frost reciting his poem from memory at President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. The latest was Amanda Gorman ...
The New York Times27d
Masters of Allusion: The Art of Poetic Reference
Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...
The New York Times26d
The Desperate Housewife Whose Face Launched a Thousand Ships
By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...
Houston Chronicle26d
The Alley's world premiere of 'December; a love years in the making' celebrates the poetry of romance
The play follows them over the years of several years and three encounters, each accompanied by a great deal of poetry – which makes it appropriate that the director’s name is Lorca (Marcela ...
Today20h
50 'I love you' quotes to express what's in your heart
To help, we've collected our favorite “I love you” quotes from the likes of William Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Maya Angelou, Emily Dickinson and a host of poets and writers whose eloquence ...
PBS25d
Poet Amanda Gorman pens tribute to crews battling the Los Angeles wildfires
Amna Nawaz spoke with Gorman about how the poem came to be and her new children’s book, “Girls on the Rise.” And before we go, we want to take some time for reflections about how people are ...
Irish Central22d
The poetry of Irish sayings and phrases
The Irish have a rich tradition of storytelling and poetry, with their language full of colorful and insightful sayings and phrases that reflect their history, culture, and values. Irish sayings ...
The Financial Times25d
When poetry heralds a new presidential era
All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...
Highwayman art pioneer Alfred Hair inspired generation of artists before tragic death
Highwaymen artist Alfred Hair overcame race in the 1960s to inspire an art movement that stalled when he was shot and killed ...