Poetry offers something that news and visual imagery cannot in times of crisis: depth over immediacy and meaning over spectacle.

Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” ...

The inner and outer forecasts don’t always match up. This short poem by Louise Glück starts out cold and stays that way for ...

The demands of ideological conformity have ruined several generations of MFA-trained American writers.

Read by Tom Waits, written by Charles Bukowski This reading by Tom Waits captures the essence of Bukowski’s The Laughing ...

Where are the writers who work on the dock? Where are stevedores, the longshoremen? The pipe fitters? The electricians?” ...

What is Ghibli doing here?” I asked myself as I searched about searches this week. The Japanese animation studio emerged as an unlikely element in the list of top searches in India in 2025 on Google’s ...

Emily Brontë is best known for authoring the novel ‘Wuthering Heights.’ She was the sister of Charlotte and Anne Brontë. Read ...

For Italian mezzo-soprano Erica Cortese, 31, the greatest challenge in performing Chinese Tang Dynasty (618-907) poetry in a symphonic song was not only the language but also the intense emotions she ...

Even if you hate what followed, The Force Awakens delivered a pretty great rebirth for the Star Wars franchise, and 10 years ...

A Memoir of Palestine and Writing in Dark Times,’ sees author Saeed Teebi examine the effects of the genocide on Palestinian ...

As the year wraps up, we often look to best-of lists for books, movies, and music that stood out over the past 12 months—the ...