4 new volumes of poetry that help restore nuance to our chaotic world
These collections by Juliana Spahr, Mai Der Vang, Hasib Hourani and Martín Espada invite us to rethink the relentless accumulation of history.
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“We can sit in a shared language.”
Very rarely do people — if you’re not a painter — use paint or brush strokes to communicate basic things. Poetry is unique and distinct in the way it takes everyday material that we’re using all the ...
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...
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World Poetry Day!
UNESCO named March 21 World Poetry Day. Since then, it has been celebrated every year and recognized by those who value ...
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How ‘Poems of Parenting’ helps us laugh through the journey of raising children
Artist Loryn Brantz aims to help parents feel seen through the moments of frustration, laughter and love that come with ...
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World Poetry Day celebrated on bus tour of Oxford
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...
‘Grass lives next to grass’: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra on Jnanpith winner Vinod Kumar Shukla’s poetry
To read Shukla is to read not a version of what is already known, but what is constantly being inscribed in and erased from ...
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BYU professor and former Utah Poet Laureate recognizes the sacred in everyday life
BYU professor of English Lance Larsen has been writing poetry for four decades. His poems are regularly published in leading ...
Australia’s ‘wild reciters’ sought to change the world verse by verse. Who are today’s provocateurs?
In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ...