In her latest poetry collection Len Pennie achieves an impressive variety of rhythms and a memorable intensity, writes Joyce McMillan ...

Dickinson, arguably the greatest nature poet (and religious poet and love poet) of the American 19th century, didn’t just observe the flora and fauna around her. She treated them — birds and bugs, ...

Tributes have been paid to the Yorkshire poet and playwright Tony Harrison, who has died aged 88. Harrison, who was born in Beeston, Leeds, wrote for the National Theatre in London, the New York ...

Catherine Clarke’s ambitious and often surprising collection tells the country’s messy, contested story, from the Venerable Bede to Liz Truss ...

Wisconsin Poet Laureate Brenda Cárdenas presented Wednesday at the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art about ekphrastic poetry. Ekphrasis is a literary technique that responds to visual art or uses it as a ...

Adonis Richards became the City of Schenectady’s first ever poet laureate after last week’s City Council meeting. The 31-year-old is the author of three poetry collections and a Program Coordinator at ...

Tony Harrison, who has died aged 88, was a venerated and sometimes controversial poet and verse playwright who tenaciously held onto his northern working-class roots as a source of imaginative vigour ...

Earlier this month, the Library of Congress named Santa Fe poet Arthur Sze the nation’s Poet Laureate for 2025-26. Sze will officially begin his term on Oct. 9 with a reading in the Library of ...

O’Brien, a New York native who lives in Los Angeles, has received several accolades for his work, including the Guggenheim Fellowship, two PEN America Awards, the Horton Foote Prize and the Fenton ...

Most of us have received a call from a random number. At times, it's someone accidentally misdialing, but spam robocalls are much more common. According to data from the unwanted call-blocking service ...