American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel literature prize
American poet Louise Glück won the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday for her "candid and uncompromising" work, becoming the first U.S. winner since Bob Dylan in 2016.
After RBG’s death, this poet urges us to follow in her steps
In writing her poem, “In the Steps of RBG,” Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer’s message was: “Wow, you did it. And now, it’s our turn.”…
A poet and radiologist on how the pandemic has ‘concentrated’ his mind
Amit Majmudar said he hasn't written much about the coronavirus pandemic, but he has embraced the time to be productive. "The pandemic really reminded me of my own mortality," he said.
How poetry helped these hurricane survivors weather the aftermath
For those who have lived through these disasters before, there’s a familiar pang of anticipation for the next powerful storm, a theme felt acutely by poets who gathered last week to mark the 15th anniversary of Katrina’s landfall.
In a new anthology, 125 poets write about this moment in real time.
For Alok Vaid-Menon and Alán Peláez López, both gender non-conforming people of color, this moment of isolation amid the pandemic has been a time for finding new ways to draw people closer and create community online.
More than 80 poems are included in an anthology, “Together In a Sudden Strangeness,” coming in e-book and audio formats in June.
Poet Tongo Eisen-Martin was born and raised in San Francisco, a city whose rapid gentrification he critiques in his work. Through his writing, Eisen-Martin seeks to “facilitate resistance” to a culture that he believes perpetuates domination of those who are…
“Eliot’s writings have always been somewhat explosive, but remarkably, that continues to be the case even 50 years after his death," one scholar said.
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