Confessional poetry continues to be a debatable term in academic circles.It specifically refers to a small group of American poets operating between the late 1950s and 1970s. It is used more ...

Confessional poetry perfectly embodies this. It focuses on individual experience generally dealing with extremely personal topics like mental illness and sexuality. It highlights the rawness of pain.

Following an acclaimed career, Genny Lim, 77, will become San Francisco’s first Chinese American poet laureate during a ceremony Friday at the Asian Art Museum. Lim is the author of five poetry ...

On a quiet weekday afternoon, Flint-based poet Vivian Kao can often be found walking through Buckham Gallery with a clipboard in hand. As ...

Robert Lowell, who died in 1977, was the pre-eminent poet of his generation; his 1959 volume “Life Studies” effectively introduced confessional poetry in this country.

Now 31, revisiting Milk and Honey for an expanded 10th-anniversary edition, she’s been reflecting on what it was like to suddenly find millions of people reading her stark, confessional poems ...

JL: The late Allen Ginsberg on the first Earth Day, which was here in Philadelphia 55 years ago.He was known for embodying counterculture. He wrote beat literature and confessional poetry. Let’s just ...

Taylor Swift's confessional 'Tortured Poets' would have benefitted from an edit Though Swift performs a range of experience and emotions, the music on her 11th album feels thin and is often in ...