Ira Lightman is a hero to some in the literary world, a villain to others.
Marianne Moore loved learning about animals, and she crammed scientific detail into her poems.
A landmark in American poetry, Edgar Lee Masters’ “Spoon River Anthology” shocked readers when it came out in 1915 by tackling subjects like suicide and sex.
Kobe and Prospero, from "The Tempest," say goodbye to their powers in remarkably similar terms. Coincidence?
The inclusion of a white poet writing under a Chinese name in “Best American Poetry” set the internet ablaze. Jenny Zhang explains why so many people were so upset.
Recently, the poetry world became embroiled in a scandal when it was discovered that one of the selections for this year's Best of American Poetry, written by Yi-Fen Chou, was actually from a white guy named Michael Derrick Hudson who used the Yi-Fen Chou pen name.
A Cuban American poet accompanying Secretary of State John Kerry tells dissident artists in Havana to "hang in there."
Mary Jo Bang has developed a reputation as a poet’s poet by facing the hardest truths about human beings. Maybe that’s why she had so much fun translating Dante’s “Inferno.”
The iPhone's latest texting feature is inadvertently becoming an art form for the digital age.
A landmark in American poetry, Edgar Lee Masters’ “Spoon River Anthology” shocked readers when it came out in 1915 by tackling subjects like suicide and sex.
Terrance Hayes may be the only poet to win a MacArthur “genius” grant, a National Book Award, and a spot on "People’s" Sexiest Man Alive list.