Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career, Frost got paid—$15, by the editor of a New York weekly ...

Where I do disagree with Mr Hodgart, however, is in his choice to single out the apparent popularity of one writer, Carol Ann Duffy, among contemporary English departments. He is mistaken in his ...

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts may have a better right than any other state to call itself “the poetry state.” Celebrated ...

King Arthur may be one of the best-known names in British history, but also one of the most mysterious. No contemporary 5th ...

One in five (20%) believe classic love poetry only focuses on hetero-romantic love, while 60% claim the lack of ...

If we read Ditlevsen’s poems through the lens of Lessing, you could say that Ditlevsen’s so-called sentimentality is a poetic anachronism that functions as a subversive tool, an anachronism on a par ...

By treating DNA as a language, Brian Hie’s “ChatGPT for genomes” could pick up patterns that humans can’t see, accelerating ...

The carpenter tried to help the old and poor citizens, would not try to cut Medicaid for the less fortunate. The carpenter would not stop the government’s Medicare program from negotiating lower costs ...

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 ...

Unsurprisingly, the conversation comparing Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady is back, as the Kansas City Chiefs are now making their third-straight Super Bowl. Like with Brady and the New England ...

Our critic A.O. Scott shows you what he loves about it. Isabella Cotier By A.O. Scott Poems aren’t pictures, but sometimes they try to make us see, and to make us feel in ways we might associate ...