Langston Hughes poems guaranteed to move you Langston Hughes is one of the most prolific yet most underrated American poets ...

Poetry and music have always gone hand in hand ... Clearly, Harvey’s song, which focuses on a sex worker yearning for true love, does not share many common themes with the short story. However, Harvey ...

Any anthology is a product of its editor’s decisions. In “ 100 Great Catholic Poems ” (Word on Fire, $34.95), editor Sally ...

You can read Minneapolis poet Danez Smith’s work in two new books or, if you happen to be in New York, on subway walls.

Musicians have long taken inspiration from poetry for their work; here are four rock songs that pull from well-known poems.

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 about those parties, or those politics.

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 new translation of "The Iliad" pairs well with Ukranian war poetry and a documentary on its suffering people.

Lyrics handwritten by Courtney Love to Hole‘s classic Live Through This opener “Violet” are ... I drew from Pope’s The Dunciad and an Emily Brontë poem. I did borrow from Brontë but ultimately decided ...

This early fascination with the language would eventually deepen during the pandemic when he dedicated himself to mastering ...

Studio Ghibli movie to bring your kids along to. Unless you want to eternally scar them with the grisly consequences of war ...

The election and Thanksgiving may be the marquee events in November, but there are plenty of other things happening this ...