Michael Longley is a master of his craft, known for his compact, meditative lyrics that explore themes of love, violence, ...

Mosab Abu Toha, Palestinian poet who fled the war in Gaza joins Chris Hayes to describe his detention by Israeli soldiers, ...

It has been a good week in the polls for Donald Trump. For the first time in two months several US election forecasters have suggested that he is ahead in the key swing states, by a wafer thin margin.

— Nicanor Parra, “Poetry Ends with Me,” trans. Miller Williams ...

The musical artist ventures into the literary world with a book about love, independence, and reacquainting ourselves with ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

Nandi Comer is the current poet laureate of the state of Michigan. If you didn’t know that was even a title, you probably ...

Limón continues celebrating her signature project, "You Are Here," connecting readers to nature through poetry, plus more of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... In so many ways I am just like my mom. Mama loved books and all kinds of what she called ‘good literature.’ She always had great books in our house. To this ...

The poet Semyon Nadson (1862 - 1887) lived for 24 years. He is known for being the first poet of Jewish descent to achieve ...

One tries to do what one does best and put it to the extent that … seems natural to one in the service of the things you ...

NPR's Scott Simon asks Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha about his new collection, "Forest of Noise," and about the conflict in Gaza.