Megan Grumbling is a poet and writer who lives in Portland. DEEP WATER: Maine Poems is produced in collaboration with the ...

Jeanne Julian is author of Like the O in Hope and two chapbooks. Her poems and book reviews have been published in numerous ...

Our critic A.O. Scott feels the heat of a wintry lyric by the Nobel laureate Louise Glück. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott A.O. Scott, a critic at large for the Book Review, recorded the poem that ...

Poetry has been a healing tool since the shamans, who chanted poetry for the wellbeing of the tribe. In modern times, Freud recognized the genuis of poetry: ‘Not I, but the poet discovered the ...

On Burns Night this Sunday – and 235 years after Tam O'Shanter was published in 1791 – Scots everywhere may well be treated to a masterwork with a unique, universal appeal.

While ‘touch grass’ has become a popular prescription for a less digital life, choosing social friction over efficiency can also feel curative ...

Amanda Gorman, the nation's first-ever Youth Poet Laureate, delivered a heartfelt poem on the third night of the Democratic National Convention. In her poem, Gorman spoke about the American dream, ...

Chicago poet Imani Jackson shared works in progress and excerpts from her 2024 collection “Flag” during a speaker event ...

Inaugural Poet, Richard Blanco, read his poem "One Today" at the ceremony. Jan. 21, 2013 -- Inaugural poet Richard Blanco read his poem "One Today" at the swearing-in ceremony for President Obama.

Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old Minneapolis poet, wife and mother, was shot and killed Wednesday by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer, setting off nationwide protests over the ...