Poetry

Three Short Works of Literature That Can Inspire You to Fight Climate Change

Libia Brenda, Hannah Onoguwe, and Vandana Singh

Aug 27, 2021 9:00 AM

How The Chair Turns a Beloved Literary Classic Inside Out

Johanna Winant

Aug 25, 2021 2:05 PM

How The Green Knight Transforms the 14th-Century Poem It’s Adapted From

Laura Miller

July 30, 2021 5:10 PM

One of the English Language’s Oldest Franchises Is Back and Trippy as Ever

Dana Stevens

July 29, 2021 11:39 AM

A Teacher Got Fired for Presenting the Poem “White Privilege” in Class. Here’s What the Poet Thinks.

Julia Craven

July 15, 2021 12:24 PM

The Special Power of Literary Magazines

Rumaan Alam

June 08, 2021 9:55 AM

The Unlikely, Lifesaving Queerness of Bob Dylan

Charles Kaiser

May 25, 2021 6:13 PM

How Lawrence Ferlinghetti Changed American Culture Forever

Fred Kaplan

Feb 23, 2021 5:32 PM

Extremely Online: The Novel

Laura Miller

Feb 09, 2021 5:50 AM

Was Poetry Magazine Really Wrong to Publish a Child Porn Convict in Its Prison Issue?

Dan Kois

Feb 04, 2021 5:00 PM

Joe Biden and Amanda Gorman Brought Back the Idea That Words Matter

Dahlia Lithwick

Jan 20, 2021 4:53 PM

Obama’s Inaugural Poet on Amanda Gorman, and the Voices America Needs to Hear

Mary Harris

Jan 20, 2021 2:58 PM

What It Will Take to Remake America Great

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Jan 20, 2021 5:00 AM

Shattering the Most Enduring Myths About Sylvia Plath

Rumaan Alam

Jan 11, 2021 11:47 AM

Biographer Heather Clark on Giving Sylvia Plath Her Due

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Jan 10, 2021 6:05 AM

Beowulf, but Make It #Relevant (and Bro)

Mia Armstrong

Nov 16, 2020 2:09 PM

A Poet Illustrates What It Feels Like to Cross the Border as a Child

Rumaan Alam

Nov 09, 2020 10:00 AM

Poet Javier Zamora Wants Readers to Know What It’s Like to Be Undocumented

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Nov 08, 2020 6:00 AM

An Ode to the Sheer Soothing Boredom of Philadelphia’s Vote-Counting Livestream

Sam Adams

Nov 03, 2020 11:47 AM

Hear New Nobel Prize Winner Louise Glück Read Three of Her Poems Aloud

Marissa Martinelli

Oct 08, 2020 6:04 PM

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