The project has highlighted a new generation of African poets and created a visually beautiful archive in the process.

Mrs Adams, because one day you made me a gift of/ daffodil bulbs,” ire’ne lara silva writes for the kind, elderly woman who drove her every day to kindergarten in South Texas. “Praisesong for Mrs ...

It’s possible to study more “conventional” and “archaic” kinds of poetry at Kenyon. I mean, I took a class on Chaucer my sophomore year, where I voraciously read rhyming epics about talking birds. I ...

Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” by Robert Hayden, reflects on what art can (and can’t) do in tumultuous times. Our critic A.O. Scott ...

Too few people know the genius of David Ackles. "Down River" delivers the kind of emotional wallop that is typical of his work.

The president's poet woke up a superstar on Thursday, after a powerful reading at the U.S. inauguration catapulted ...