Life Isn’t Perfect. But This Poem Might Be.
Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” by Adrienne Rich, is a blazing portrait of an artist and her work. Our critic A.O. Scott admires its ...
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UP AND DOWN THE RIVER: Poetry for springtime
April is National Poetry Month, so in honor of that I will offer some thoughts about springtime poems. The first to come to ...
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If you think Homer's poetry is stodgy and boring, you’ve never heard Emily Wilson's version
I remember just being astonished by the representations of the gods. The omnipresence of the gods in the world of the Iliad, ...
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Life, like a poem, is a series of choices
It’s impossible for me to talk about writing without talking about living, writes Maggie Smith, author of the new book, "Dear ...
The powerful message Maria Shriver told herself on a hotel bathroom floor amid divorce
The TODAY contributor writes about the heartbreak of going through her public divorce from ex-husband Arnold Schwarzenegger ...
Patti Smith Tribute, With Bruce Springsteen, Scarlett Johansson, Michael Stipe, Karen O and Patti Herself, Lights Up Carnegie Hall: Concert Review
Appropriately enough, Wednesday night’s benefit tribute concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall in honor of pioneering musician, ...
The Best American Poetry of the 21st Century (So Far)
We were looking for poetry that had struck its readers, for whatever reasons, as unforgettable, enduring, and influential: ...
Richard III's final path to rest 10 years on
The discovery of Richard III's skeleton beneath a council car park in Leicester in 2012 stunned both the academic and wider ...
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Stolen bikes and dreams: How a Miami poet makes art out of tragedy
A Miami poet discusses her Zip Ode poem about buying her own stolen bike, and how she views this as a quintessential Miami ...
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COLUMN: Masaki Takahashi is doing something different
Since getting into poetry as a teenager, Masaki Takahashi has been performing with a style that bridges the gap between ...
World championships pause to remember young figure skaters and supporters who died in plane crash
The world figure skating championships paused for a tribute to those those who died in a plane crash on their way back from a ...