PERSPECTIVES IN POETRY: Visiting Tallman Scholar Danez Smith shared their poetry in a reading, discussing themes of gender ...

The post In Trump’s America, we can find courage and refuge in poetry appeared first on Salon.com. Aliia Roza, a former ...

With previously uncollected or unpublished works, a definitive edition deepens our understanding of the Nobel laureate’s ...

Poet and performance artist John Giorno launched Dial-a-Poem in the 1960s to deliver random poems over the phone. Now, a ...

In the debut author’s The Poet Empress (Bramble, Jan.), set in a world where poetry is magic but women aren’t allowed to read, a peasant girl becomes a prince’s concubine.

After four decades, the annual book series is drawing to a close. Our columnist looks at what it all meant. By Elisa Gabbert I wonder if there has ever been more equivocation about the word “best” and ...

Over the river, and through the wood, To grandfather’s house we go; The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh Through the white and drifted snow. Over the river, and through the wood— Oh, how the ...

This article is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. How seriously should you take a doormat that reads: “Welcome. Just kidding.

Queens College hosted a poetry reading by Kimiko Hahn, a distinguished professor at the Flushing-based college who was ...

Who said that? You look around, dazed and dumbfounded, then drop gently to the ground.

What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...