By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

Glyn Maxwell's "Stargazing" embodies the essence of human love. Not flashy, boasting or indulgent, but simple, beautiful and ...

Closely aligned to the theme of romantic love is that of desire, and across the centuries poets have written about the ...

Illinois Poet Laureate Angela Jackson shares a poem she wrote sparked by a childhood memory — but she didn't let reality get ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

The title of the novel is a reference to Alfred Lord Tennyson’s elegiac poem, In Memoriam A.H.H that he wrote after the death of his friend Arthur Hallam. Ellwood starts the novel idealistic ...

It celebrates the international world of fiction in all its forms, including poetry, novels, short stories, and drama. The prize is named after the Swansea-born writer Dylan Thomas, who died at ...

"We were none of us in the front line." Longley and Heaney had attended some of the civil rights marches in the late 1960s. Later, in a BBC Northern Ireland documentary he said he was "overwhelmed and ...

It is with full, sad hearts we share that Eli Manning died on Friday, January 17th, 2025. In these last four months she was living with her beloved sister and chosen family in British Columbia as they ...

In 1992, Southard opened a small supplement store under the name Nature’s Path, then renamed the store Organic Marketplace in 1993. As she told WholeFoods Magazine in a special feature recognizing her ...