Smithsonian Magazine1d
When This Brilliant Author Died, She Left Behind a Legacy of Grief, Haunting Poetry and Surprising Resilience
Modern accounts of Sylvia Plath’s renowned work and legacy seek to highlight the author’s resilience through a decade-long ...
The Christian Century6d
Unlocking the gates of Genesis through poetry
Jacobs, the founder of Yetzirah: A Hearth for Jewish Poetry, has written two previously acclaimed collections: Pelvis with ...
97 Minutes With Frederick Seidel, the ‘Darth Vader of American Poetry’
Over a career that’s now in its seventh decade, Frederick Seidel has published nearly 20 notable collections of poetry—work ...
Berkshire Eagle1d
Why ‘Lift Every Voice and Sing’ sparks debate — and what its author, who lived in Great Barrington, really intended
The performance of "Lift Every Voice and Sing" by Ledisi and a chorus of New Orleans students stirred audiences. It also ...
The brief but shining life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a poet who gave dignity to the Black experience
Paul Laurence Dunbar was only 33 years old when he died in 1906. In his short yet prolific life, Dunbar used folk dialect to ...
University of Dayton5d
Poems by Thomas Merton
Information and links may be outdated, and reflect the expertise, interpretations and opinions of their authors, not necessarily of the Marian ... Thomas Merton expressed this vision in his poetry, ...
hamariweb2d
Allama Iqbal Poetry, Shayari & Ghazal in Urdu
Allama Iqbal Poetry allows readers to express their inner feelings with the help of beautiful sher. Allama Iqbal poetry, shayari, Iqbal ki shayari, ghazal and Allama Iqbal quotes is popular among ...
‘Even Cowgirls Get the Blues’ author dies at 92
Your books make me laugh, they make think ...,” one fan told Tom Robbins, “and they make me aware of all the wonder in the ...
Tom Robbins, ‘Even Cowgirls Get the Blues’ author, dead at 92
Novelist Tom Robbins, whose counterculture works included “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Jitterbug Perfume,” died Sunday.
Smithsonian Magazine3h
Josephine Baker’s Memoir Is Now Being Published for the First Time in English
A rare, intimate picture of Baker emerges in her memoir, Fearless and Free, originally published in France in 1949 and now ...
Forbes4d
Actors, Authors And Other Celebrities Who Published Science Papers
Beatrix Potter, the author and illustrator of Peter Rabbit, also wrote a scientific paper. In her case, it wasn’t a paper about the fiction books she’s known for, but a study of fungi.
Tom Robbins, ‘Even Cowgirls Get the Blues’ author who had ‘crazy wisdom,’ dies at 92
NEW YORK — Tom Robbins, the novelist and prankster-philosopher who charmed and addled millions of readers with such screwball ...