By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

A Punahou English teacher and a veteran literary scholar didn't live to see the publication of their ambitious historical ...

Learning some Black History Month poems is one of the ways to celebrate black culture and heritage. Check out some of the best poems compiled in this article.

Nothing New,” which the American poet wrote in 1918, is published for the first time in The New Yorker’s Anniversary Issue.

As part of Xpress' annual Wellness Issues, we asked six local poets to share their thoughts on the benefits of slowing down and being present in the moment.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

McCrae’s work obsessively retreads paths through Heaven, history, and eternal torment. What can we learn from his relentless ...

Patricia McCarthy edited Agenda poetry journal for more than 20 years. She won the British National Poetry Competition in 2013. A pamphlet of new poems is due later this year from Dare-Gale Press ...

Our Poetry Book of the Month reviews include two ... That, and an ability to pin down images of astonishing beauty: “How even gravestones buckle and swell / with the tides.

Josh Brolin, From Under the Truck, Harper Collins, 240 pages, Paperback $26, Audiobook $22 Josh Brolin is an actor’s actor, a man of notable skills and presence. Recently, we saw him in Oliver Stone’s ...

Matthew Baione’s poem “8:48” has been transformed into a short film that tells the tale of a 9/11 tragedy. Stephen Yang “It’s true of me, it’s true of almost everybody. And that’s ...