The Christian Century2d
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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine9d
Discover Why ‘The Raven,’ Edgar Allan Poe’s Narrative Poem About a Distraught Lover and a Talking Bird, Remains an American Classic
Published on this day in 1845, the work used alliteration, internal rhyme and repetition to draw in readers, lending it a ...
Brown University1d
Brown University Professor of Literary Arts Kwame Dawes named poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who has written dozens of books of poetry, fiction, essays and criticism, looks to celebrate Jamaican writing, oral ...
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 ...
Brown professor Kwame Dawes to serve as poet laureate of Jamaica
Dawes, who was born in Ghana, said he plans to work in schools to help revive an interest in reading and teaching poetry.
Lancashire Evening Post9d
Speedy seeds, poems to heal and a school for fireflies by various authors – children’s book reviews
Words for Love, and Comfort, are the first two titles of the new creative Poetry Prescription series... eight pocket-sized gift books containing carefully curated ‘prescriptions in verse ...
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 ...
The New York Times23d
Masters of Allusion: The Art of Poetic Reference
By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include ... The Book Review Podcast: Each week, top authors and critics talk about the latest news in the literary world.
The New York Times22d
The Desperate Housewife Whose Face Launched a Thousand Ships
By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will ... seen this trick of ventriloquizing the classics in books like Madeline Miller’s 2018 novel “Circe ...