The winner of this year’s Strokestown International Poetry Competition will also be revealed during the festival. Amy Barry, Marian Brannigan, Catherine Ann Cullen, Conor McAnally and Tom Noone have ...

Yann Martel’s ambitious new novel is composed largely of verse fragments from a fictional lost-and-found alternative to the Iliad of Homer - but you might be better off reading the real thing.

This is drawn from “The Givens.” Published in the print edition of the April 6, 2026, issue. Sandra Lim is the author of the poetry collection “The Curious Thing,” among other works. The “Round House” ...

Few plants are as strongly associated with Greek culture as the bay laurel for its culinary value and deep symbolic value through the ages.

There was nothing he couldn’t do. This was Renaissance biographer Giorgio Vasari’s conclusion about Raphael (1483-1520), the view of his contemporaries and his patrons, and a reasonable conclusion ...

The Seattle Public Library loves to promote books and reading. This monthly column is a space to share reading and book trends from a librarian’s perspective. Black people throughout the diaspora have ...

When I first taught newcomer English language development, student learning was often hindered by the adopted curriculum. It was too basic and relied on simple identification and memorization tasks.

Poetry and artificial intelligence can appear as opposites—one deeply human; the other cold and mechanical. Sasha Stiles sees them as expressions of the same impulse. Poetry, the Kalmyk- American poet ...

Boyle Heights students taking part in “Feng Shui Poetry in the Parks” visit nature throughout the city to write poetry. Students credit poetry and nature exposure with helping them build confidence ...

For those of us north of the equator, winter officially arrived last week. The early darkness and the chill in the air demand a change in our habits. For many, the season provokes an unmistakable turn ...

Here are the year’s most notable collections of verse as chosen by our poetry columnist. Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of ...

From daring contemporary collections to the long-awaited definitive edition from one of the major poets of the 20th century, this is our pick of the best poetry books of the year. Whether you’re a ...