These three women attempted to make art out of their words, and the copies of their work on the shelves of every bookstore ...

Wishing you and your families a very happy Easter and Passover. Spring is a time to get outdoors and play. It is a time for new beginnings and fresh starts. It is a time when the flowers begin to ...

Wisława Szymborska. Ecco, July 7 ($18 trade paper, ISBN 978-0-06-349491-6) Showcasing works that deal with intellectual and existential questions, this collection also includes Szymborska’s 1996 Nobel ...

Ah, spring. A time to celebrate the return of sunshine and daffodils. What could be better? With Ol' Man Winter finally on his way out and the sweltering heat of summer still a few weeks off, it's the ...

As I have every year since 2014, in 2025 I set aside a couple of months to peruse the year’s books of poetry — at least those books I had on hand. In the past, I’ve titled my annual roundup — one ...

Even the previously uncollected work in “The Poems of Seamus Heaney” shows a master craftsman in full control of his powers. Seamus Heaney’s ambition as an artist was balanced by a cool sense of ...

After that ritual nitrate-laden animal sacrifice, complete with smoke ascending, the poet’s father — to whose memory ...

Until moving to San Francisco in the winter of 2024, Carol Casey spent most of her adult life in Maryland, where spring was ...