Stay with me, though. I promise you that I will make the case below for why poetry is the best genre to start your writing ...

Chief among the insights we gain from reading history is that what we read is often relevant to what we are experiencing ...

Beowulf is an Anglo-Saxon epic poem about the defeat of Grendel – a creature whose exact form is still debated. Depending on ...

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 ...

A worldwide poetry competition is open to entries for the eighth year running, as part of a city's literature festival.

Poets of all skill levels” are invited to “explore their creative potential” under the guidance of Gideon Young, “whose work ...

The film rebuts that idea with a quote from Charles Bukowski, "Poetry is what happens when nothing else can." That does not ...

Isabella Dail, head editor of The Prospect and staff writer for News, interviews Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon about his ...

Richard Kroehling’s documentary presents a mixture of poets’ responses to the Holocaust and argues for the importance of the ...

and videos of his story and poetry readings have been viewed more than 140 million times. He now acts as an ambassador for ...

Mic Check Poetry Fest, Iowa’s premier celebration of spoken word poetry, is bringing big headliners to an event that fosters ...

In his message on his 147th birth anniversary, he said that Muslims of the sub-continent under the visionary leadership of Allama Muhammad Iqbal succeeded in achieving a separate homeland. He added ...