Poetry
Shel Silverstein's Historic Sausalito Houseboat Is Now on Sale
The children's book author and illustrator purchased the repurposed World War II vessel in 1967
This Sound Artist Is Asking People to Record COVID-19 Haikus
Called "Social Distancing, Haiku and You," Alan Nakagawa's project will result in a sound collage that interweaves a multitude of voices
Hear Daily Shakespeare Sonnets Recited by Patrick Stewart
The classically trained actor is reading a sonnet a day on Instagram
Thrift Store Find Identified as Original Salvador Dalí Print
The Spanish Surrealist painted a series of 100 watercolors inspired by Dante's "Divine Comedy"
Stolen Collection of Persian Poetry Found With Help of 'Indiana Jones of the Art World' Goes on Auction
The 15th-century edition of Hafez's "Divan" will be sold at Sotheby's next month
A New App Guides Readers Through Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'
The tool includes a 45-minute audio performance of the work's General Prologue in Middle English
The Women Behind the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London explores 12 women's contributions to the male-dominated artistic circle
Emily Hale Was T.S. Eliot's Confidante—and More, Suggest Newly Unsealed Letters
Despite Eliot’s assertions to the contrary, the letters point to a passionate love between the duo
Published More Than 50 Years Ago, 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' Launched a Revolution
Maya Angelou’s breakthrough memoir forever changed American literature and helped carve a new space for black self-expression
The Ten Best Children's Books of 2019
This year's top titles deliver strange animals, mouth-watering foods and biographies of unsung heroes
Student Discovers Secret Acrostic in Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’
A Tufts University undergraduate spotted three interlocking instances of the word “FALL” in Book 9 of the epic poem
Joy Harjo’s New Poetry Collection Brings Native Issues to the Forefront
The recently announced U.S. Poet Laureate melds words and music to resist the myth of Native invisibility
Fragment of 'The Rose Thorn,' a Poem About a Talking Vulva, Dated to the 1300s
The section of the erotic Medieval fantasy was found in the binding of book in Austria's Melk monastery
While NASA Was Landing on the Moon, Many African Americans Sought Economic Justice Instead
For those living in poverty, the billions spent on the Apollo program, no matter how inspiring the mission, laid bare the nation's priorities
The Mysterious Beauty of Robert Frost's New England
These stark yet stunning landscapes inspired the lyricism of the American titan of poetry
Rare Walt Whitman Artifacts Go on View at Library of Congress for Poet's 200th Birthday
The library holds the world’s largest collection of Whitman-related items
Literary Confessions Penned by Virginia Woolf, Margaret Kennedy Unearthed
10 prominent English writers answered a 39-question survey detailing their opinions of literary predecessors and peers
Notebook of Poetry Penned by Bonnie and Clyde Set to Go on Auction
The volume features poems written by the outlaw duo during their Depression-era crime spree
Mary Oliver, a Poet Whose Simple Turns of Phrase Held Mass Appeal, Dies at 83
The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer was known for her straightforward meditations on nature, spirituality and the human experience
How Edgar Allan Poe Became Our Era's Premier Storyteller
Fans of the mystery writer have no shortage of ways to pay homage to the scribe behind "The Raven" and so much more
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