The American Bazaar

How South Asian American poets preserved the meaning of home in their works

Explore how poets shaped by exile, migration, displacement transform loss, identity, cultural memory into powerful ...
Hyperallergic

A Poem of Shame: In the Words of China’s Workers

In 1923, not long after returning from working as a correspondent in Moscow, becoming the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and translating “The Internationale” for the first time into ...
NPR

W.H. Auden's Poem 'September 1, 1939' Still Resonates In Times Of Crisis

It's one of those poems people reach for in times when it feels like the sky is falling. It's also generally regarded as one of the great poems of the 20th century. "September 1, 1939," as its title ...
The Guardian

Poem about ‘relentlessness of the news cycle’ wins National Poetry Competition

Judges praised the ‘emotional stakes’ of Partridge Boswell’s poem The Gathering, which took the £5,000 top prize A poem about language, love, and processing distressing world events has won this ...
Publishers Weekly

The Penguin Anthology of 20th Century American Poetry

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Dove takes a fresh look at the cannon of 20th-century American poetry in this hefty anthology. Dove by no means seeks to include an example of every kind of poem written ...