In her 1898 poem “Iris of Life,” she muses on how good deeds can overcome life’s heavier moments. The kind things we do—the acts that come from our “heart’s pure glow”—have the ...

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

I’ve continued to think about James Earl Jones since his death last month at 93, which focused lots of well-deserved ...

Poet W.H. Auden wrote, “A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.” And for more ...

— 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 ...

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

Barker, 32, said that as recovery continues for her and her neighbors -- which she described as a marathon now and not a sprint -- she is beginning to feel the "real emotions" of what she and her ...

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

In the pantheon of Russian literature, the writer who tragically died young is sure to stand somewhere next to Pushkin, whom ...