"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." ...

Nevertheless, for this poem, and for the first time in his career, Frost got paid—$15, by the editor of a New York weekly ...

“In [Erica] Reid’s Ghost Man on Second, the real ghost man floating through the pages is the sonnet.” I n listing the ...

New Delhi, India - Some recite it, others write it, some even prefer to sing it, but what is clear is that poetry is a ...

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...

Gabriela Mistral was a woman who forged herself amidst nature, facing the sea and surrounded by books—a frustrated mother and ...

There is no external motivation—only the joy of writing for himself. Coming from both theatre and poetry, his writing is infused with drama and rhythm, a combination that gives him a distinctive ...

With her formidable voice, Seuss is one of the most important poets writing now. But that’s a claim she would, no doubt, puncture and yet also agree with: “I had no God-given authority.

We will study a selection of Latin epic poetry, with a primary focus on the classical period, particularly the works of authors such as Vergil and Ovid (approximately 1200-1500 lines, depending on the ...

His writing on politics, human rights and culture in Latin America and the Latin American diaspora has appeared in various U.S. and international publications.