He’s a perceptive reader, and he has a knack for writing about poems in ways that lend shape and even excitement to the act of reading and thinking about them. He’s also comfortable ignoring some of ...

By William Logan William Logan is the author, most recently, of “Broken Ground: Poetry and the Demon of ... show what is often missing. At times, reading Milosz in English is no better than ...

For more audio journalism and storytelling, download New York Times Audio, a new iOS app available ... But today we’re talking about how poetry can also help us express our messiest feelings.

Forrest Fenn hid a treasure chest filled with gold and jewels in the mountains of Santa Fe, leaving behind a cryptic poem for ...

TEARS STREAM FROM Harmoni Turner's eyes. After a quick huddle with her teammates, she runs -- ahead of everyone else -- into ...

Researchers are new to studying the implications of poetry for well-being and the brain. Still, it may surprise you “what a ...

Founded in 1996 by a pair of Black poets who felt isolated in predominantly white literary spaces, Cave Canem has become one ...

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For National Poetry Month, city of Charleston poet laureate AsiahMae is reading a poem every day via a video on Instagram.

Some discussion surrounded the actual gender of Sam the Trinity fox, with The Irish Times and other devoted followers declaring “she” had become a mother, giving birth to five fox cubs in the ...