We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...
It’s impossible for me to talk about writing without talking about living, writes Maggie Smith, author of the new book, "Dear ...
Longing is intertwined with grief, a way our bodies release stress. That ache in your chest? It is your body completing a ...
The 19th-century English poet was a "prolific reviser" who tested out many variations of his work before publication. A new ...
I remember just being astonished by the representations of the gods. The omnipresence of the gods in the world of the Iliad, ...
In the liner notes to her masterpiece debut album, Patti Smith perfectly introduces the emotional and spiritual weight of 'Horses' with a beautiful poem.
Rather: why were their poets silent?" He spoke of a tradition subtly altered, its essence diluted by a focus on form over substance, a creeping sense that the very soul of poetry was being lost. The ...
Mohammed Moussa is a Palestinian freelance journalist, podcast host, and the founder of the Gaza Poets Society.  The group is ...
These days, Alissa Quart’s attention has broken into strange shapes. But she has found a reprieve in one thing: poetry.
Entrepreneur Ankur Warikoo shared his experience of dropping out of his PhD and pursuing an MBA at the Indian School of Business. Despite facing disappointment, he took a financial risk that paid off, ...
There is no breath, no poem long enough to say the solidarity we, Black American people, feel ancestrally for our brothers and sisters in Palestine. People attend the "emergency protest" organized ...