*Amanda Gorman is the latest celebrity to join the MasterClass, teaching members how to write and perform poetry. Per press release, MasterClass members will have unprecedented access to Gorman’s ...

Jay-Z shared his thoughts behind writing the book Decoded in a video interview. Jay-Z compared Biggie to Bob Dylan and Alfred Hitchcock and says that the lyrics rappers write should be regarded as ...

This set of shorter video clips is taken from the Live Lesson programme and can be used to teach individual topics. If you enjoyed these clips, why not catch up with this Live Lesson and learn more ...

“The poet is the priest of the invisible“, this quote by Wallace Stevens encapsulates a lot in itself. However, times are changing, social media is a real deal, and who doesn’t want a bite of it. So, ...

One of the highlights of my first three years as a literature professor at MIT—and indeed, of my 15-year career as an educator—has been the recent discovery that some of my students, past and present, ...

There's an ineffable magic that happens when people get together to express themselves creatively. This is the ethos of Vancouver’s poet laureate program, a public literary initiative that has ...

The Poetry Concentration allows students to pursue work on and about poetry through a variety of experiences and courses. By combining academic and practical work and independent projects, students ...

One of the least discussed aspects of the AI language generator ChatGPT might be its ability to produce pretty awful poetry. Given how difficult it is to teach a computer how to recognize a syllable, ...

If you think poetry isn't for you, this might be the right time to give it a second chance. Every April in the United States, National Poetry Month invites you to experience and celebrate an art form ...