“Poetry leaves something out,” our columnist Elisa Gabbert says. But that’s hardly the extent of it. By Elisa Gabbert I once heard a student say poetry is language that’s “coherent enough.” I love a ...

Mir Taqi Mir (1722-1810), known by the mononym ‘Mir’, remains a towering figure in Urdu literature and distinguished scholar Gopi Chand Narang, who passed away on June 15, considers him “Urdu’s first ...

It’s been almost a year since Western Saharan poet Mohamed Mustafa Mohamed Salem, popularly known as “Badi” died, aged 83. His death elicited few obituaries, but the legacy of his poetry continues to ...

The purpose of this post is to share perspectives, news, resources, methods, and research relating to poetry therapy. Broadly defined, poetry therapy involves the use of language, symbol, and story in ...

Mathematics and poetry are rarely spoken of in the same breath. One is assumed to be precise, structured, and governed by rules; the other fluid, emotional, and intuitive. Yet for Zeina Alqasem, a ...