Poetry
The Most Notorious Poet in 18th Century America Was An Enslaved Teenager You've Never Heard Of
Phyllis Wheatley was a prodigy, but her ultimate fate reflects the gross racial disparities of 1700s America
12 Facts About ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’
Amaze and astound your loved ones with these pieces of carol trivia
Catch a Rare Viewing of Robert Frost's Cheery, Dreary, Dark Christmas Cards
The poet’s annual Christmas cards, made in compilation with printer Joe Blumenthal, were not necessarily traditional, but they were always beautiful
Charles Darwin’s Grandfather Was Famous for His Poems About Plant Sex
Erasmus Darwin’s poetics influenced his grandson’s vision of nature
Researchers Investigate What Makes a Poem Popular
A recent study found that vividness of imagery best predicted a poem's aesthetic appeal
Marley Dias' Inspirational Goal to Collect Books About Girls of Color
What can we learn from a 12-year-old who’s turning the literary world upside down? Everything
Hidden in a Basement for 70 Years, Newly Discovered Documents Shed Light on Jewish Life and Culture Before WWII
The 170,000 pages found might be “the most important collection of Jewish archives since the Dead Sea Scrolls.”
Pablo Neruda Did Not Die of Cancer, Raising the Possibility He Was Murdered
The Nobel-prize winning Chilean poet died 2 weeks after the brutal Pinochet regime took power in his country
Richard Wilbur, Esteemed Poet and Two-Time Pulitzer Winner, Dies at 96
He championed a formal style in an era dominated by experimental, confessional poetry
The Perks and Pitfalls of Being a Nobel Laureate: Early Mornings, Performance Anxiety
On the plus side, at UC Berkeley you get free parking
At the Smithsonian's First Asian-American Lit Fest, Writers Share Falooda, Politics and Poetry
More than 80 award-winning and aspirational writers shared work across multiple genres
Is Jupiter the "Star" in Lord Byron's Famous Poem?
According to astronomer Donald Olson, the brilliant star described in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage is actually a planet
The Whimsical, Chameleon-Like Figure Behind the Myth of Sylvia Plath
Today, visions of a life marked by mental illness endure, but the author had a light side—and a knack for savvy image control
Library of Congress Names Tracy K. Smith As New Poet Laureate
Smith previously won a Pulitzer Prize for her work, which is by turns philosophical, fantastical and deeply personal
Three Very Modern Uses For A Nineteenth-Century Text Generator
Andrey Markov was trying to understand poems with math when he created a whole new field of probability studies
Snoop Inside Thoreau's Journals at This New Exhibition
It's your chance to get up-close and personal with the philosopher-poet’s possessions
'Mary Had a Little Lamb' Is Based on a True Story
As a child, Mary Sawyer rescued a lamb. Then it followed her to school one day
Why Langston Hughes Still Reigns as a Poet for the Unchampioned
Fifty years after his death, Hughes’ extraordinary lyricism resonates with power to people
A New Poem is Commissioned to Honor the Soldiers Who Fight America’s Wars
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa writes “After the Burn Pits” for the National Portrait Gallery
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