National Catholic Reporter22h
This Veterans Day, war poetry reminds us of the cost of conflict
A new translation of "The Iliad" pairs well with Ukranian war poetry and a documentary on its suffering people.
America Magazine1d
Why you should read Richard Wilbur’s ‘Love Calls Us to the Things of This World’
A hymn to mercy and love, “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World” springs to my lips when my heart is quiet. I teach it ...
A Poem About Waiting, and Wishing You Had a Drink
Our critic A.O. Scott walks you through a poem that speaks to his mood right now. It’s called “Party Politics,” but it’s not ...
The Walrus2d
Forget Polite Verse—This Poet Wants You to Feel the Salt and Soil of Newfoundland
L ate in his career, the English poet W. H. Auden distilled the whole business of poetry into three pungent lines: “A poet’s hope: to be, / like some valley cheese, / local, b ...
El País in English1d
Joy Harjo, poet: ‘The land does not belong to us; we’re just its stewards’
In her interview with EL PAÍS, the writer — the first Native American to be honored as United States Poet Laureate — reflects ...
‘This is what it means to be from Gaza’: Poet captures people’s stories of life, love and loss
Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha discusses the heart-wrenching moments that inspired his new book, “Forest of Noise.” ...
Southern poetry anthology editors and local poets give free lecture and reading
Poetry by contemporary Southern writers was the topic of USC Aiken’s latest “Aiken in the Alley” lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 6 ...
Roger Ebert8d
After: Poetry Destroys Silence
The film rebuts that idea with a quote from Charles Bukowski, "Poetry is what happens when nothing else can." That does not ...
Fiction and Poetry Festival at Francis Marion University brings together award-winning writers, community
Have you ever wanted to meet award-winning writers and ask them how they write their works or why they chose to end a story ...
Highlighting the nuances of the Urdu poet’s verse, Hoskote renders them relevant to a new generation
Discover Ranjit Hoskote's curated selection of 150 couplets from Urdu poet Mir Taqi Mir in 'The Homeland's an Ocean.' ...
In Sara Daniele Rivera’s ‘Blue Mimes,’ poetry that moves, in both English and Spanish
Many of the book’s poems remember Rivera’s father, whom she describes as “the most brilliant person I’ve known.” Born in Cuba, he moved to the United States as a child with his mother and stepfather, ...
The Associated Press on MSN12d
Translators association honors English-language editions of Italian prose and French poetry
NEW YORK -- The English-language translators of an Italian collection of short stories and a French book of poetry have won awards from the American Literary Translators Association. Jamie Richards' ...