Time29d
Books: The Poet as Hero
By almost unanimous consent of his countrymen, he is the greatest French poet of his time ... As for Britain, her shabby Abbey is full of poets greater than Char, but they must be safely dead ...
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21 of the best poetry books of all time
Keep scrolling for 25 of the best poetry books of all time and fill your shelves with cultural ... blind Milton who was in danger of execution. Rossetti’s first ever full volume of poetry, Goblin ...
The Atlantic17d
A Book That Puts the Life Back Into Biography
A new biography of Audre Lorde by the poet and scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs is only the second full-length text treatment ... Gumbs’s book revels in Lorde’s lush multiplicity, moving through ...
Book Review: Raymond Antrobus transitions into fatherhood in his poetry collection 'Signs, Music'
Becoming a parent is life changing. Raymond Antrobus’ third poetry collection, “Signs, Music," captures this transformation ...
The Nation28d
Natasha Trethewey’s Life in Poetry and Prose
A work of biography, an essay on literature and memory and the South, a prose poem full of lyrical dexterity, Trethewey’s latest book is like all of her others: a master study of the self.
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Poetry Book Checked Out in 1974 Returned to Library 50 Years Later: 'We're Glad to Have It Back'
posted a video on Facebook about a patron who checked out Leaves of Grass, a poetry collection by Walt Whitman, in 1974. According to the library, the book was due on June 3, 1974 — and it was ...
Former San Antonio poet laureate makes the longlist for National Book Awards
Former San Antonio Poet Laureate Octavio Quintanilla's collection "The Book of Wounded Sparrows" has made the National Book ...
The Washington Post26d
41 new books to read this fall
In “Small Rain,” a poet ... X, was a surprise to fans — and to the author. “I was happy to be finished and done with it a decade ago,” VanderMeer said when he announced the new book ...
Rapid City Journal4d
South Dakota Poet Laureate's new novella pays tribute to the 'Earls' of western South Dakota
Few tributes are written about hard-working ranch hands, but Bruce Roseland’s new book immortalizes them. “Earl’s Own Dakota Odyssey – A West River Story” is a tale of resilience, survival and ...
Deccan Herald3d
Gazing at the ordinary with a poet's grace
This essay is also one of two in the book that touches on devastating personal ... attire but fail to realise “…that the streets are full of thousands of young people exactly identical to ...
The New York Times14d
His Poems Are a Joy to Hear, Even When Their Meanings Aren’t Clear
By Jeff Gordinier Jeff Gordinier, the author of “X Saves the World” and ... go with the flow. This new book includes a short poem called “For Language and Brief Nudity.” ...
PBS6d
In ‘I Brought the War with Me,’ Lindsey Hilsum shares poetry inspired by the front lines
Her new book, "I Brought the War with Me," marries her life as a war correspondent with poetry. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant discussed more with Hilsum for our arts and culture series ...