Danielle Legros Georges, Boston’s second poet laureate, a beacon in the Haitian writing community, dies at 60
"We all engage in small and large acts of translation every day," she said of her work as a Haitian-born writer in "a city of immigrants" and "a nation of immigrants." ...
When Robert Frost Was Bad
Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career, Frost got paid—$15, by the editor of a New York weekly ...
Merion West4d
Haunted by the Sonnet: Erica Reid’s “Ghost Man on Second”
“In [Erica] Reid’s Ghost Man on Second, the real ghost man floating through the pages is the sonnet.” I n listing the ...
StringersHub on MSN5d
India: Indian students turn to poetry to learn Spanish
New Delhi, India - Some recite it, others write it, some even prefer to sing it, but what is clear is that poetry is a ...
Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day? How the holiday originated and more
Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead.