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Dickinson, arguably the greatest nature poet (and religious poet and love poet) of the American 19th century, didn’t just ...

New and Selected Poems,” Ms. Limón explores how questioning can lead to a place of truth.

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Ada Limón’s new book of poems offers a new way to engage with a troubled world. Catch her onstage with beloved author Robin Wall Kimmerer in October.

England but remains overshadowed by Alfred the Great and later rulers. A new biography highlights his military triumphs, ...

Poetry can express thoughts and emotions in freeing and insightful ways that prose simply cannot. For those who have never ...

Pardon the alliteration. Let’s get into the dazzling, star-studded lives of the literati. Gilded soirees and Venetian parties aren’t the typical things that come to mind when thinking ...

Taylor Swift has written a new poem that will be included on her latest exclusive vinyl release for her upcoming album, The Life of a Showgirl . Swift announced The Life of a Showgirl: The Crowd is ...

What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...

When Billy-Ray Belcourt wrote his first book, This Wound is a World, it came from a place of "desperation." "I didn't necessarily know how to live a full, queer, Indigenous life," he said. "Part of ...