In These Poems Life Is a Party, Complete With Designer Drugs
Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer.” Alex Dimitrov, in his ...
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: ...
A Springfield school librarian reads kids a poem a week. It inspired a book.
Angela Knight, library media specialist at Harrison Elementary, wrote the forward for the new book. She was also awarded SPS ...
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.
Life Isn’t Perfect. But This Poem Might Be.
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...
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Book review: April is Poetry Month, a good time to consider 3 new books by Alaskans
Poetry is alive and well in Alaska, and April as Poetry Month is a great time to meet or reacquaint ourselves with three very ...
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Poetry from Daily Life: Where do poems come from? Everywhere!
Charles has authored more than 100 books and 5,000 poems. He has given readings at The Library of Congress and at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Recent books he loved writing ...