Back after a 16-year-long gap, poet extraordinaire Jeet Thayil’s new collection of poems mirrors the times we live in ...

A new English course at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts takes a look at Taylor Swift's lyrics and compares ...

“Poetry and Science; individually, but especially together are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving ...

IrishCentral Contributor Éamon Ó Caoineachán reflects on Irish poet Paddy Donoghue's debut collection "Leave Taking." ...

Poets are dramatists, self-dramatists,” Jeet Thayil tells us. “We draw into ourselves every possible bit of bombast. We make ...

The below extract is from The Face in the Well, the third collection from Suffolk-born poet Rebecca Watts. The poems in her new book hop between eras and memories, and display — like all of this ...

Brendan Kennelly’s poem transformed an unexpected moment of raw grief and vulnerability, played out before a nation of ...

This week, three Indian writers announced a new award for Indian poets who write in English, making this one of the few given ...

CHENNAI: Aazhi mazhaikkannaa! onru nee kai karavelAazhi ul pukku mugandhu kodarththariOozhi mudhalvan uruvam pol mei ...

For centuries he has been celebrated across the world for his plain-speaking verse and wry observations on the human ...

Every year, admirers of the legendary Scottish poet Robert Burns gather to celebrate his life and work on Burns Night. On ...

Reading alone is a deeply enjoyable activity. But being read to has its own irreplaceable allure. The Harvard Sentences are ...