Why have male poets disappeared from modern literature? Explore how society shifted from celebrating masculine voices like Shakespeare and Kipling.

Poet and professor Matthew Zapruder (@matthewzapruder) says that the way that poetry is taught often gets in the way of enjoying and understanding it. He writes about ways to look at poetry anew in ...

Kevin Young perfectly illustrates poetry’s enduring vitality — and his new book reveals exactly why. A survey of American history through the “intimate eye” that only poetry can provide, Brown ...

“SPRING LANDSCAPE”, a poem written over 1,000 years ago, is one of China’s most celebrated literary works. Composed by the 8th Century Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, it is memorised by every schoolchild in ...

Southerners know that beauty isn’t about looks. You don’t find it in glancing at someone, but in talking to them, connecting with them, understanding them, and comprehending what they love and the ...

At presidential inaugurations, important people in important outfits gather for something momentous: the transfer of power. When a poet gets invited to such events, it is not always clear how they can ...

The first day Vladimir Putin sent troops to invade Ukraine, actor AnnaLynne McCord thrust herself onto the internet stage by reciting a poem she had written addressed to the Russian President. With ...

I’d gone out to rake leaves, lay compost and weed the artichokes we grow on the strip between the sidewalk and the street. I’d been a bit impatient, grumpy even, hacking away. I also discovered that ...

Poet and professor Matthew Zapruder (@matthewzapruder) says that the way that poetry is taught often gets in the way of enjoying and understanding it. He writes about ways to look at poetry anew in ...