Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...

We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...

I was scared my parents wouldn’t let me study or write poems. That fear is what led me to adopt the pen name Jyoti Jungle. I ...

The Chinese director's strikingly confident documentary 'Always' should establish him as a new and exciting voice in ...

Bhanusimha was just 16 when he began exploring human emotions through the grand backdrop of divine interplay — a theme that ...

are the poem. Together they make the poem what it is, so that changing one thing changes everything. The same goes for the choices we make in life. As I confess in "Dear Writer," it’s impossible ...

Spoken word artist K Love The Poet discusses her journey to finding purpose, performance with MC Lyte, and how poetry became her vehicle for empowerment.

He is struck on a road just outside Damascus, and his life is readjusted. He then is the recipient of ... gives this same title to his newest book of poems. Like Paul, Spencer Reece has journeyed to ...

Explore the powerful poetry of former New America Fellows Sarah Kay and Clint Smith, reflecting on culture and the transformative power of words.

Very rarely do people — if you’re not a painter — use paint or brush strokes to communicate basic things. Poetry is unique and distinct in the way it takes everyday material that we’re using all the ...