So, to anyone who feels scared of poetry: take a class—knowingly or unknowingly—based in verse and the whole world of poetry ...

A débutante, a burlesque dancer, and a poet, the shape-shifting Lang—who died at thirty-two—wrote some of the most aching, ...

A new scholarly study reveals how the Nobel-winning poet’s verse reflects a profoundly sacramental imagination.

In this year’s poetry roundup, some of the poets whose collections we discuss are Catholic, some are not. But regardless of ...

so infinitesimally short that, in reality, I cannot be said to have lived at all; not to mention this day, starting as usual ...

Poetry therapy uses poems, stories, song lyrics, imagery, and more to help people overcome a range of conditions including suicidal thoughts.

In an age in which machines have intellectual capacities superior to our own, we no longer have the market cornered on ...

If the University of Virginia agrees to the terms dictated by a memo sent last Wednesday by Secretary of Education Linda ...

An in-depth analysis of how Indian cinema, from `Saiyara` to `Ghajini`, often misrepresents mental illness, perpetuating ...

Born in Shiraz between 1310 and 1325, Khajeh Shamseddin Mohammad Hafeẓ Shirazi, known by his pen name Hafez, is best known ...

These anthologies are specifically created to teach reading, and generally feature excerpts from fiction and nonfiction books ...

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