If you’re looking for hints and answers for Strands for Saturday, January 18, 2025, read on—I’ll share some clues and tips, ...

From the column: "To misapply a fine point, poetry — like Latin, FORTRAN, and fact-checking — is a dead language." ...

In “Helen of Troy, 1993,” the poet Maria Zoccola relocates a figure from Greek mythology into small-town Tennessee.

So, continuing a venerable tradition established way back in 2024, we badgered our friend David Montgomery at YouGov into ...

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Julia Bouwsma, who will release her third poetry collection this year, spoke about the role Maine plays in her poetry, and ...

New events and old traditions will come to the boyhood home of James Whitcomb Riley this year, bringing community members of ...

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

With In Waves, Jamie xx—whose real name is James Smith—has perfected what he explored in In Colour: an album full of ...