A critic wrestles with Robert Frost’s life and verse
In a 1930 letter, Robert Frost stated his priorities as memorably — which, for Frost, meant as mischievously — as possible: “Am I any good? That’s what I’d like to know and all I need to know.” The ...
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‘I quit my dream job with the UN after a week – now I’m representing Ireland at the Slam Poetry World Cup’
A week into my dream job, I quit. I have always been socially conscious – at the age of 10, I became a vegetarian, which at ...
Michael Longley, 85, Northern Irish Poet of Nature and ‘the Troubles,’ Dies
Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...
Oakland’s Kingmakers Music embodies the ethos of ‘Black Love’
Chris Chatmon, founder/CEO of the community-focused organization that includes a youth-based record label, found ‘a safe ...
Born on this day: Remembering Faiz Ahmad Faiz and his poetry of passion
Faiz Ahmad Faiz is a poet of this family, the family of which Persian poet Nazeeri Nishapuri said, “The one who is not killed ...
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The Most Romantic Poems of All Time and What They Mean
Throughout history, poets have captured the essence of love, desire, longing, and devotion in their verses. Romantic poetry ...
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Michael Longley, Northern Irish poet of nature and 'the Troubles,' dies at 85
Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...
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Henri Bergson’s States of Change
In 1878, Bergson left the Lycée Condorcet and won entry to the École Normale Supérieure, the most exclusive university in France. “Of all the universities in the world,” Herring writes, “none has ever ...