Playwrights who work for decades often acquire a moniker. In the case of Howard Brenton, who began his career as a ...

A famous narrative from 2015 has made a surprising revival. Unlikely friends Li Hongjun and Matt Stopera, who met because of a stolen iPhone despite living on opposite ends of the world, finally made ...

Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...

Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

I’ve been in Japan for less than 24 hours and somehow, I’ve found myself in a ruby-red basement bar watching an 89-year-old magician make a 1000-yen note levitate. I pull an Aussie $5 note from my ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two invigorating releases by Diane Seuss and a dark, posthumous collection by Tove Ditlevsen Alongside Terrance Hayes, Diane Seuss has a strong case to ...

the coral tree is a magnificent, muscular-limbed species that loses its leaves in the winter and then, still in leafless condition, produces a breathtaking blanket of fiery orange flowers.

All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

The rabbi of the backyard, a massive oak tree, bows low in prayer toward the ... Emily and Elizabeth Browning have been my lifelong poetry heroines. Settling on the window seat, I switched on ...