as Frost, who had every reason to veil his sexual velleities for his friend’s wife when he wrote about them in public, would ...

“Love and Need”—which takes its ... to contain the growing complexity of his poetry in forms that were no more difficult than those preceding them, that were in most instances simpler ...

In the midst of turbulent times, it can be hard not to fixate on the troubles of the present moment. Here's how hope can ...

Whyte credits his Irish roots for his love of the written word ... anguish and death. He says that poetry offers an “invitation back into the world,” to confront the difficult and to help grapple with ...

He is about to become the first poet to headline a UK arena, but says he isn't ready for national treasure status.

Revered Black queer poet and activist Essex Hemphill’s literary works have finally returned to print in a newly released collection called Love is a Dangerous Word: the Selected Poems of Essex ...

Her poetry centered experiences of loss and continued the focus on language, including lines like, “How dare I love a word without ... lifetime of “trying too hard to sound perfect.” ...

One morning in January, I met the musician Lucy Dacus at the Cloisters, the medieval-art museum at the northwestern tip of ...

Even in these terrible times, I have faith that my baby will love the world the way that I do, writes London-based poet ...

The authors of the celebrated novels ‘Wandering Stars’ and ‘Martyr!’ are each other’s valued early readers. “We both wrote ...

The California writer recently published a book about intergenerational exchange. In this interview with EL PAÍS, she points ...